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A short review of supercritical fluid extraction of plant extracts

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Supercritical fluid extraction is a successful technique in the field of extraction of different bioactive compounds at the mild temperature conditions. This technique is frequently used for the extraction of plant extracts. In the review, supercritical fluid extraction is investigated from different aspects in regards to extraction from plants, including differences with classical and modern extraction methods, antioxidant and antibacterial strength of extracts obtained by supercritical fluids, representing the effectiveness of the extraction system, and various parameters affecting the extraction yield such as temperature, pressure, time, fluid flow rate, modifier, and sample size. Also, a number of studies concerning the modeling and optimizing of supercritical fluid extraction of plant extracts is also discussed.

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Acknowledgements

This study is related to the project NO. 62185 From Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran. We also appreciate the “Student Research Committee” and “Research & Technology Chancellor” in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences for their financial support of this study.

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  1. Student Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Food Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Aman Mohammadi

  2. Department of Biophysics/Nanobiotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Vahid Safavizadeh

  3. Food and Beverages Safety Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

    Mohammad Yousefi

  4. Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Food Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Aman Mohammadi & Seyede Marzieh Hosseini

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Aman Mohammadi, M., Safavizadeh, V., Yousefi, M. et al. A short review of supercritical fluid extraction of plant extracts. Food Measure 18, 3651–3664 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-024-02440-x

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