LAPSE:2023.36667
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LAPSE:2023.36667
Pressurized Liquid Extraction (PLE) in an Intermittent Process as an Alternative for Obtaining Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Leaf Hydroalcoholic Extract (Tincture)
Larissa da Cunha Rodrigues, Renata Barbosa Bodini, Fernando de Lima Caneppele, Gustavo César Dacanal, Eduardo José Crevelin, Luiz Alberto Beraldo de Moraes, Alessandra Lopes de Oliveira
September 20, 2023
Tinctures are medicinal plant extracts obtained by extraction with a hydroalcoholic solution (70%) by percolation (PER). This process takes about 26 h to prepare, in addition to using a large amount of solvent. In our research, passion fruit leaf tinctures were obtained using extract with the same pressurized hydroalcoholic solution as in an intermittent process. The objective was to demonstrate that this emerging technology can be economical and profitable. An optimization using Central Composite Rotatable Design (CCRD) was performed to evaluate the influence of process variables on the yields and compositions of the extracts. The temperature (T) was the factor that most influenced the responses. Extraction with pressurized liquid (PLE) provided total yields and total phenolic and flavonoid contents in greater amounts than PER. The optimized conditions of the process variables studied in the CCRD for the highest content of total phenolics (43.2 mg GAE/g) and flavonoids (58.8 mg QE/g) were at 100 °C with a rinse volume of 120% of the divided extractor volume in four cycles of the intermittent process. When adjusting the PLE in an intermittent process, and according to the one-dimensional mass transfer by the continuous diffusion of the Fick model, the effective diffusion coefficient (1.28 × 10−12 m2/s) was not affected by T. The kinetic curve of PLE extraction indicates that the adjusted intermittent process occurred in the period of the constant extraction rate when compared to the kinetics of the semi-continuous process. The yielded extracts were rich in isovitexin, and the highest levels were identified in the extracts obtained via PLE, indicating that this intermittent process can bring a product to market with the same quality but with a much shorter production time and the use of fewer solvents. Antioxidant activity, determined by DPPH, FRAP and ORAC, was also higher in extracts obtained via PLE.
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Extraction, Fick’s Law, high-pressure, intermittent process, isovitexin, phenolic compounds
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da Cunha Rodrigues L, Bodini RB, Caneppele FDL, Dacanal GC, Crevelin EJ, de Moraes LAB, de Oliveira AL. Pressurized Liquid Extraction (PLE) in an Intermittent Process as an Alternative for Obtaining Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Leaf Hydroalcoholic Extract (Tincture). (2023). LAPSE:2023.36667
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da Cunha Rodrigues L: Laboratory of High Pressure Technology and Natural Products, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga 13635-900, Brazil
Bodini RB: Laboratory of High Pressure Technology and Natural Products, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga 13635-900, Brazil
Caneppele FDL: Energy and Simulation in Biosystems Engineering and Agribusiness, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga 13635-900, Brazil
Dacanal GC: Laboratory of Fluid Dynamics and Characterization of Particulate Systems, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga 13635-900, Brazil [ORCID]
Crevelin EJ: Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto 14015-130, Brazil
de Moraes LAB: Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto 14015-130, Brazil
de Oliveira AL: Laboratory of High Pressure Technology and Natural Products, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga 13635-900, Brazil
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Processes
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11
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8
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2308
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2023
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2023-08-01
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2227-9717
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