The invention discloses a process for the extraction of lycopene from tomato by-products characterised in that said extraction is performed by means of a solvent mixture comprising two or more components, wherein one is apolar or moderately polar and has affinity for lycopene and at least one of the other solvents is polar. As example, a first solvent is an apolar solvent, a second solvent is a protic polar solvent, a third optional solvent is an aprotic polar solvent. In particular, said mixture has the following composition: hexane 10%-80%, ethanol 10%-60% and acetone 10%-60%. The use of multicomponent mixtures characterised by high extractive activity, fast extraction kinetics is one of the advantages of the present invention.
Process for the extraction of lycopene / Lavecchia, Roberto; Zuorro, Antonio. - (2010).
Process for the extraction of lycopene
LAVECCHIA, Roberto;ZUORRO, ANTONIO
2010
Abstract
The invention discloses a process for the extraction of lycopene from tomato by-products characterised in that said extraction is performed by means of a solvent mixture comprising two or more components, wherein one is apolar or moderately polar and has affinity for lycopene and at least one of the other solvents is polar. As example, a first solvent is an apolar solvent, a second solvent is a protic polar solvent, a third optional solvent is an aprotic polar solvent. In particular, said mixture has the following composition: hexane 10%-80%, ethanol 10%-60% and acetone 10%-60%. The use of multicomponent mixtures characterised by high extractive activity, fast extraction kinetics is one of the advantages of the present invention.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
