Supercritical Extraction of Lycopene from Tomato Industrial Wastes with Ethane
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Effect of Matrix Composition
2.2. Effect of the Supercritical Solvent
2.3. Effect of the Pressure and Temperature
2.4. Effect of the Solvent Superficial Velocity and Particle Size
3. Experimental
3.1. Materials
3.2. Sample Preparation
3.3. Experimental Procedure
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
- Sample Availability: Samples of the compounds are available from the authors.
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Nobre, B.P.; Gouveia, L.; Matos, P.G.S.; Cristino, A.F.; Palavra, A.F.; Mendes, R.L. Supercritical Extraction of Lycopene from Tomato Industrial Wastes with Ethane. Molecules 2012, 17, 8397-8407. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17078397
Nobre BP, Gouveia L, Matos PGS, Cristino AF, Palavra AF, Mendes RL. Supercritical Extraction of Lycopene from Tomato Industrial Wastes with Ethane. Molecules. 2012; 17(7):8397-8407. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17078397
Chicago/Turabian StyleNobre, Beatriz P., Luisa Gouveia, Patricia G. S. Matos, Ana F. Cristino, António F. Palavra, and Rui L. Mendes. 2012. "Supercritical Extraction of Lycopene from Tomato Industrial Wastes with Ethane" Molecules 17, no. 7: 8397-8407. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17078397