Comparison of solvents for extraction of krill oil from krill meal: Lipid yield, phospholipids content, fatty acids composition and minor components

• Published in: Food chemistry Vol. 233; pp. 434 - 441
• Main Authors: Xie, Dan, Jin, Jun, Sun, Jiang, Liang, Li, Wang, Xiaosan, Zhang, Wei, Wang, Xingguo, Jin, Qingzhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.10.2017
• Subjects: acetone; Animals; astaxanthin; butanes; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; ethanol; ethyl acetate; Euphausiacea; fatty acid composition; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids - analysis; hexane; isopropyl alcohol; krill; krill meal; Krill oil; Lipid yield; Minor components; oils; omega-3 fatty acids; Phospholipids; Phospholipids - analysis; Solvent extraction; solvents; Solvents - chemistry; sterols; Subcritical butane; tocopherols; triacylglycerols; vitamin A; Minor components; n-Hexane (PubChem CID: 8058); Ethyl acetate (PubChem CID: 8857); Phospholipids; Solvent extraction; Isopropanol (PubChem CID: 3776); Acetone (PubChem CID: 180); Butane (PubChem CID: 7843); Fatty acids; Lipid yield; Chloroform (PubChem CID: 6212); Sodium hydroxide (PubChem CID: 14798); Subcritical butane; Krill oil; Isohexane (PubChem CID: 7892); Ethanol (PubChem CID: 702); Methanol (PubChem CID: 887)

•Comprehensive assessment of minor components in the extracted krill oil.•Comparison of seven different solvents for krill oil extraction from krill meal.•Subcritical butane proved to be an alternative to n-hexane and isohexane.•Extraction with acetone achieved high levels of minor components.•Ethan...