Carotenoid extraction methods: A review of recent developments

Food Chemistry

Volumn 240, Issue , 2018, Pages 90-103

  Saini, Ramesh Kumar ^a   Keum, Young Soo ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE); Green extraction; Ionic liquids (IL); Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE); Ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE)

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; IONIC LIQUIDS; PIGMENTS; PYRENE; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE; GREEN EXTRACTIONS; NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION (SFE); ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED EXTRACTION;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CAROTENOID; IONIC LIQUID; SOLVENT;

ENZYME ASSISTED EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REVIEW; SAPONIFICATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND ASSISTED EXTRACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SOLVENTS;

EID: 85025433799     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.099     Document Type: Review

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