Application and research advancement on the microwave-assisted extraction

This paper summarized application and research advancement of the microwave-assisted extraction in the agriculture, food industry,environmental analytical chemistry,traditional Chinese medicine industry,and so on.The microwave-assisted extraction was manifested to be a simple device,wide area of application,high extraction efficiency,good reproducibility and low consumption of agent and time as well as low environmental pollution.At present,industrialization question of the microwave-assisted extraction technology has been attached importance,which will impel the microwave-assisted extraction technology to more development in the future.