Title
Green approaches for the extraction of antioxidants from eucalyptus leaves
Date Issued
05 October 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Leaf extracts of Eucalyptus globulus present a wide range of phenolic compounds with interest in the pharmaceutical, health, agricultural, cosmetic and food industries because of their medicinal properties. Although conventional solvent extraction is the most extensively used methodology to extract and isolate these active compounds, the excessive consumption of time and energy makes its application relatively inefficient. This study investigates other more cost-effective and environmentally friendly techniques for the isolation of antioxidant phenolic compounds, such as enzyme assisted extraction (EAE), microwave assisted extraction (MAE), ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE), and deep eutectic solvent (DES) extraction. First, the conventional extraction was used to evaluate the effect of the particle size and the liquid-to-solid ratio. Next, relevant parameters of the green extraction techniques were optimized, such as time of extraction, enzyme and dose used, microwave power, and type of DES. The optimized extracts from MAE, UAE, DES and conventional extraction were characterized by UHPLC-ESI-MS, showing a similar phenolic profile with 26 tentatively identified compounds. Finally, the conditions leading to the extracts with the highest content in phenolics were evaluated in terms of specific energy consumption. The lowest specific energy consumption was obtained with MAE, with a value more than 13 times lower than conventional extraction.
Volume
138
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85067391028
Source
Industrial Crops and Products
ISSN of the container
09266690
Sponsor(s)
This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness ( CTQ2014-58879-JIN ). The authors belong to the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC 2013–032 and to the strategic group CRETUS (AGRUP2015/02). These programs are co-funded by FEDER (EU) . B. Gullón would like to express their gratitude to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for financial support (Grant reference IJCI-2015-25305). Authors would like to thank the use of RIAIDT-USC analytical facilities.
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