Abstract
The application of two microemulsion based extraction methods (Extraction-1 and Extraction-2) were investigated for the extraction of carotenoids from watermelon pulp in the present study. Span 20 and glycerol for Extraction-1, and sucrose monopalmitate (SMP) with salt (NaCl) for Extraction-2 demonstrated the highest extraction efficiency. Optimization studies by response surface methodology were applied to these conditions. The optimum conditions were conducted as 6.025 g/g of Span 20/pulp sample-(S), 8.827 of glycerol/S, 38.75 °C of temperature and 18.75 min of time; 1.13 g/g of SMP/S, 7.53 g/g of Salt/S, 66.25 °C and 46.3 min of temperature and time for Extraction-1 and Extraction-2, respectively. The extraction efficiency for the optimum conditions were determined as 96.5% and 83.6% for Extraction-1 and Extraction-2, respectively. The results showed that the proposed methods can be successfully performed in the extraction of carotenoids from watermelon pulp compared to conventional solvent extraction.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 132169 |
Journal | Food Chemistry |
Volume | 380 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Funding
The authors acknowledge Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Project no: 119O108) for financial support of this study. The authors thank to Cukurova University, Turkey (Project no: FBA-2018-9780) for financial supports.
Funders | Funder number |
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Cukurova University | FBA-2018-9780 |
TUBITAK | 119O108 |
Technological Research Council of Turkey |
Keywords
- Carotenoids
- Extraction
- Microemulsion
- Optimization
- Surfactant
- Watermelon