Supercritical fluid extraction of Eucalyptus globulus bark-A promising approach for triterpenoid production

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 7648-7662

  Domingues, Rui M A ^a   Oliveira, Eduardo L G ^a   Freire, Carmen S R ^a   Couto, Ricardo M ^b   Simões, Pedro C ^b   Neto, Carlos P ^a   Silvestre, Armando J D ^a   Silva, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bark; Biorefinery; Carbon dioxide; Eucalyptus globulus; Supercritical fluid extraction; Triterpenic acids; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTERIFICATION; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EUCALYPTUS; PLANT BARK; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84876505966     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13067648     Document Type: Article

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