Application of Solid-liquid Extraction Techniques for the Recovery of Active Ingredients (Biomolecules)
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 369
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gas chromatography; HPLC; lipids; butter; oils; solid-liquid extraction; food and beverages; saffron; food; supplements
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, interest in natural medicine (phytotherapy) has grown due to the recognized lower toxicity of the natural product compared to conventional products used in pharmaceuticals. The production of good phytotherapics is based on two parameters: the first is the collection of herbs in their balsamic time, which guarantees the maximum content of active ingredients in vegetables; the second is the right choice of a solid–liquid extraction technique which must be applied for the extraction of active ingredients from plants and vegetables, which must guarantee the recovery of these delicate compounds without chemically altering them. For this reason, the solid–liquid extraction technique is of fundamental importance for the isolation procedure of bioactive ingredients from plants and vegetables. This Special Issue of Molecules journal was conceived with the aim of collecting papers that start from the extraction of vegetables by applying conventional solid–liquid extraction techniques such as maceration, percolation, infusion, squeezing, distillation, and modern solid–liquid extraction techniques, such as maceration assisted by microwave (MAE), ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), accelerated solid–liquid extraction (ASE), Naviglio extractor or rapid solid–liquid dynamic extraction (RSLDE). The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the best technique to apply for the specific vegetable or plant for the extraction of active principles and comparisons between the application of different solid–liquid extraction techniques. Research articles and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Daniele Naviglio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solid–liquid extraction
- maceration
- percolation
- microwave-assisted extraction (MAE)
- ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE)
- distillation
- accelerated solid–liquid extraction (ASE)
- supercritical fluid extraction (SFE)
- active principles
- biomolecules
- plants/vegetables
- phytotherapy
- herbal medicine
