I want to concentrate my plant extract which contains some heat labile compounds. However, I do not have the access to rotavap or lyophilizer. Can I carry out simple distillation process in a water bath at a low temperature that can help preserve my heat labile component? Thanks in advance.

I want to concentrate my plant extract which contains some heat labile compounds. However, I do not have the access to rotavap or lyophilizer. Can I carry out simple distillation process in a water bath at a low temperature that can help preserve my heat labile component? Thanks in advance.

Can the vacuum evaporator side arm flask be connected directly to a vacuum pump? Or is it necessary to include a coolant condenser between the two?

How to precipitate amygdalin from plant leaf extracts? I have tried precipitating with diethyl ether but no precipitate was observed for about two days. However, on the third day, I found some white substance like droplets which have some hair like structures. Also these substances had some spore portruding hairs on the surface.So, are these fungal structures or are these the amygdalin precipitate? Kindly help out with this.