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Total Lipid Extraction of Food Using d-Limonene as an Alternative to n-Hexane

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A useful and green method for the extraction of fats and oils with a new procedure combining Soxhlet extraction and Clevenger distillation using d-limonene (bio-solvent) as a substitute for n-hexane (petroleum solvent) is reported. This method using green solvent is a laboratory exercise which easily teaches fundamental green analytical chemical lessons and successfully incorporates green “analytical chemistry” into the teaching and the research laboratory to both developed and developing nations.

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  1. UMR 408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d’Origine Végétale, INRA, Université d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, 84000, Avignon, France

    Matthieu Virot, Valérie Tomao, Christian Ginies & Farid Chemat

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Virot, M., Tomao, V., Ginies, C. et al. Total Lipid Extraction of Food Using d-Limonene as an Alternative to n-Hexane. Chroma 68, 311–313 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-008-0696-1

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