Artículos de revistas
Techno-economic Evaluation Of Obtaining Brazilian Ginseng Extracts In Potential Production Scenarios
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Food And Bioproducts Processing. Inst Chemical Engineers, v. 101, p. 45 - 55, 2017.
0960-3085
1744-3571
WOS:000393720400005
10.1016/j.fbp.2016.10.010
Autor
Vardanega
Renata; Carvalho
Pedro I. N.; Albarelli
Juliana Q.; Santos
Diego T.; Meireles
Angela A.
Institución
Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Brazilian ginseng extracts are considered as functional ingredients to promote health benefits due to its bioactive properties. The present study aims at studying a two-step intensified extraction process that operates at ambient pressure in order to recover Brazilian ginseng roots bioactive compounds. The intensified process consists in a sequential extraction system using ethanol followed by water, envisioning the improvement of the overall extraction yield of the process to make it feasible. A technical-economic analysis of the proposed process was assessed through the use of computational simulation tools. The intensified process was compared to a simple extraction process using only ethanol or water as extracting solvents. The results showed that the lowest payback time for the investment is achieved not by minimizing process cost but at maximizing beta-ecdysone production. Economic performance indicators of income statement and profitability ratios showed that, even with higher investment cost, the intensified process presented higher economic attractiveness than the single step extraction processes using ethanol or water. (C) 2016 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 101 45 55 FAPESP [2013/18114-2, 2015/06954-1, 2010/16485-5, 2012/19304-7, 2009/17234-9, 2012/10685-8] CAPES [7545-15-0] CNPq [302423/2015-0] Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)