Supercritical CO 2 extraction of trans-lycopene from Portuguese tomato industrial waste
Supercritical CO 2 extraction of trans-lycopene from Portuguese tomato industrial wastes (skins and seeds) was carried out in a flow apparatus. The effects of moisture content, feed initial composition, particle size, solvent flow-rate, pressure and temperature on the extraction yield and recovery w...
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Published in | Food chemistry Vol. 116; no. 3; pp. 680 - 685 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Elsevier Ltd
01.10.2009
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Summary: | Supercritical CO
2 extraction of
trans-lycopene from Portuguese tomato industrial wastes (skins and seeds) was carried out in a flow apparatus. The effects of moisture content, feed initial composition, particle size, solvent flow-rate, pressure and temperature on the extraction yield and recovery were evaluated.
The recovery of
trans-lycopene depended on the content of the compound in the starting material and increased with increases in pressure and solvent flow-rate, and with a decrease in the particle size. The effects of temperature and feed moisture content were more complex. When temperature rose from 40 to 60
°C the recovery increased, but a further rise of the temperature to 80
°C led to a decrease in the
trans-lycopene recovery, although the total lycopene (
cis
+
trans) remained the same as that obtained at 60
°C. On the other hand, an increase in the moisture content of the samples, from 4.6% to 22.8% led to a rise in the extraction yield and to a decrease in the recovery of
trans-lycopene. At higher moisture contents (58.1%), both yield and recovery decreased. Moreover, the highest
trans-lycopene recovery, 93%, was obtained at 60
°C, 300
bar, solvent flow-rate of 0.59
g/min, particle size of 0.36
mm and feed moisture content of 4.6%. |
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ISSN: | 0308-8146 1873-7072 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.011 |