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Exploring feasible sources for lutein production: food by-products and supercritical fluid extraction, a reasonable combination

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Actually by-products from lettuce and cabbage have not been properly used despite the fact that they are rich in bioactive compounds as lutein. It is known that lutein plays an important role in the prevention of degenerative diseases. Lutein, is recommended as a health supplement for the prevention of cancer and diseases related to retinal degeneration or to ameliorate the effects of degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. The aim of this work was to extract lutein from a mix of dried cabbage and lettuce using supercritical fluid extraction with CO2 as solvent (SFE-CO2), under different combinations of pressure and temperature in order to determining the lutein yield, total yield and antioxidant capacity. Also the extraction kinetic of lutein from cabbage and lettuce is shown in this work. The best lutein yield was obtained at 350 bar and 65 °C, while the highest antioxidant capacity was at 400 bar and 85 °C.

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Abbreviations

AAPH:

2,2′-Azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride

AUC:

Area under the curve

CO2 :

Carbone dioxide

DW:

Dry weight

LOD:

Limit of detection

LOQ:

Limit of quantification

ORAC:

Oxygen radical absorbance capacity

RMCD:

Randomly methylated cyclodextrin

RSM:

Response surface methodology

SFE:

Supercritical fluid extraction

TE:

Trolox equivalents

Trolox:

(1,6) Hydroxy-2, 5, 7, 8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid

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This work was supported by Government of Antioquia—Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, through Science and Technology Fund (General System of Royalties) (Contract 4600001050), and the Research Department of the Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista. Authors thank to Central Mayorista de Antioquia for by-products supply.

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    María Victoria Álvarez, Sara Hincapié, Nataly Saavedra, Luz María Alzate, Ana María Muñoz, Claudio Jiménez Cartagena & Julián Londoño-Londoño

  2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín-Antioquia, Colombia

    Luz María Alzate

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Álvarez, M.V., Hincapié, S., Saavedra, N. et al. Exploring feasible sources for lutein production: food by-products and supercritical fluid extraction, a reasonable combination. Phytochem Rev 14, 891–897 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-015-9434-0

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