Supercritical antisolvent micronisation of synthetic all-trans-β-carotene with tetrahydrofuran as solvent and carbon dioxide as antisolvent

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Cardoso, Miguel A Tavares ^a   Antunes, Sofia ^a   van Keulen, Frederik ^b,c   Ferreira, Bruno S ^b,c   Geraldes, Augusto ^d   Cabrala, Joaquim M S ^c   Palavra, António M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Biotrend SA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

carotene; Crystallisation; Micronisation; Supercritical antisolvent; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Tetrahydrofuran

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLISATION; MICRONISATION; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENT; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

BINARY MIXTURES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSIFICATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIQUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

BETA CAROTENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENT MICRONIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 63149130932     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2027     Document Type: Article

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