- Title
- Effects of pre-treatments on the yield and carotenoid content of Gac oil using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction
- Creator
- Kha, Tuyen C.; Phan-Tai, Huan; Nguyen, Minh H.
- Relation
- Journal of Food Engineering Vol. 120, p. 44-49
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2013.07.018
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- The effects of air-drying temperature, particle size and enzymatic pre-treatment on the oil yield and content of carotenoids in the resultant Gac oil using supercritical CO₂ extraction method were investigated. It was found that the highest oil yield was obtained when using the enzyme concentration at 0.1% (w/w) for pretreatment before air-drying. Furthermore, the content of carotenoids was also enhanced by suitable drying temperature and the particle size. High oil yield (34% g/g) and high content of β-carotene (83 mg/100 mL oil) and lycopene (508 mg/100 mL oil) were obtained using the drying temperature of 50°C and particle size of 0.45 mm as pre-treatments prior to SC-CO₂ extraction at pressure of 200 bar and extraction temperature of 50°C. Results also indicated that the most suitable extraction time was 120 min. It was concluded that Gac oil containing high amount of carotenoids could be extracted using the chosen air-drying temperature, particle size, enzymatic pre-treatment and extraction time.
- Subject
- Gac oil; supercritical CO2 extraction; air-drying; pre-treatment; β-carotene; lycopene
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1295987
- Identifier
- uon:19168
- Identifier
- ISSN:0260-8774
- Language
- eng
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