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Separations, Volume 9, Issue 7

July 2022 - 29 articles

Cover Story: Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) is a leguminous shrub endemic to the western parts of the Cape region in South Africa and a well-known herbal tea that is enjoyed worldwide. Due to its increased use, there is a possible risk of its interaction with conventional pharmaceuticals if administered simultaneously. In addition, the gap in the provision of conclusive quality evidence for rooibos tea stems from the lack of accurate analytical methods. In our continued quest to explore the quality of botanical ingredients, this study reexamined the phenolic profile of rooibos tea, mainly the regioisomers and diastereomers, via developing and validating a robust and economical approach that potentially aids in the identification and quantification of chemical markers which can serve as guidelines for the analysis of rooibos tea samples for quality assurance. View this paper
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Articles (29)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,821 Views
14 Pages

Recovery of Rare Metals from Superalloy Scraps by an Ultrasonic Leaching Method with a Two-Stage Separation Process

  • Long Wang,
  • Sujun Lu,
  • Jiayuan Fan,
  • Yutian Ma,
  • Juan Zhang,
  • Shiyang Wang,
  • Xiaoyao Pei,
  • Yuan Sun,
  • Guozhi Lv and
  • Tingan Zhang

Superalloy scraps are deemed as potential unconventional sources of rare metals. In this study, an ultrasonic leaching method with a two-stage separation process was proposed. A series of Eh-pH diagrams for rare metals was constructed, and the result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,834 Views
11 Pages

A comparison between the classical gas chromatography (GC) technique with supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) technology was performed using an essential oil of Citrus limon (lemon) as a model, considering its wide use in the cosmetic world. For...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,537 Views
20 Pages

Zostera marina L.: Supercritical CO2-Extraction and Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Chemical Constituents Recovered from Seagrass

  • Mayya P. Razgonova,
  • Lyudmila A. Tekutyeva,
  • Anna B. Podvolotskaya,
  • Varvara D. Stepochkina,
  • Alexander M. Zakharenko and
  • Kirill Golokhvast

Three types of Zostera marina L. collection were extracted using the supercritical CO2-extraction method. For the purposes of supercritical CO2-extraction, old seagrass ejection on the surf edge, fresh seagrass ejection on the surf edge and seagrass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,494 Views
15 Pages

Amaranth Oilseed Composition and Cosmetic Applications

  • Bouchra Sayed-Ahmad,
  • Martine Urrutigoïty,
  • Akram Hijazi,
  • Zeinab Saad,
  • Muriel Cerny,
  • Philippe Evon,
  • Thierry Talou and
  • Othmane Merah

Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) is a possible alternative to high-nutritional-value crops. Amaranth seeds are considered to be one of the few sources of phytosqualene (up to 8%). The use of squalene and its hydrogenated form squalane in skincare formu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,624 Views
16 Pages

Fabrication of High-Performance Nanofiltration Membrane Using Polydopamine and Carbon Nitride as the Interlayer

  • Lei Ma,
  • Qiuyan Bi,
  • Yuanhui Tang,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Fuju Qi,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Yifan Gao and
  • Shiai Xu

In order to recover lithium from brine with a high Mg2+/Li+ ratio, a positively charged nanofiltration (NF) membrane was prepared by depositing polydopamine (PDA)-coated graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as the interlayer (PDA-g-C3N4) and the interfa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,352 Views
11 Pages

Comparison of Fenton and Ozone Oxidation for Pretreatment of Petrochemical Wastewater: COD Removal and Biodegradability Improvement Mechanism

  • Siyu Cheng,
  • Xiaomeng Ran,
  • Gengbo Ren,
  • Zizhang Wei,
  • Zhimin Wang,
  • Tiantong Rao,
  • Ruixuan Li and
  • Xiaodong Ma

Cost-effective pretreatment of highly concentrated and bio-refractory petrochemical wastewater to improve biodegradability is of significant importance, but remains challenging. This study compared the pretreatment of petrochemical wastewater by two...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
19,538 Views
17 Pages

Single Cell Protein Production Using Different Fruit Waste: A Review

  • Punniamoorthy Thiviya,
  • Ashoka Gamage,
  • Ranganathan Kapilan,
  • Othmane Merah and
  • Terrence Madhujith

The single cell protein (SCP) technique has become a popular technology in recent days, which addresses two major issues: increasing world protein deficiency with increasing world population and the generation of substantial industrial wastes with an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,435 Views
12 Pages

Validation, Optimization and Hepatoprotective Effects of Boeravinone B and Caffeic Acid Compounds from Boerhavia diffusa Linn

  • Kamal Y. Thajudeen,
  • Abdulrhman Alsayari,
  • Shehla Nasar Mir Najib Ullah,
  • Shahana Salam,
  • Muhammed Elayadeth-Meethal and
  • Ilyas Uoorakkottil

Boerhavia diffusa, also known as Punarnava, is a plant of the Nyctaginaceae family that has been utilized in traditional medicine to cure a variety of ailments. The goal of this study was to use response surface methodology (RSM) to optimize the maxi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,761 Views
9 Pages

A reliable chromatographic strategy is crucial for the extraction of target compounds from natural sources as it is related to the preparation efficiency, as well as the purity of the compounds. In this study, medium-pressure normal-phase liquid chro...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,057 Views
22 Pages

Microsamples are collections usually less than 50 µL, although all devices that we have captured as part of this review do not fit within this definition (as some can perform collections of up to 600 µL); however, they are considered microsamples tha...

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