The solid waste generated in industrial berry juice production was considered as a low cost raw material for the extraction of natural antioxidants. Berries contain phenolic compounds with high antioxidant potential, ...

Conventional techniques for extracting bioactive fruit compounds employ long periods of extraction and high consumption of toxic solvents. However, there is growing interest in extracting safer, less toxic and environmentally ...

Chronic diseases accounted for seven of the ten leading causes of death in the world in the last decade. Thus, the search for compounds with antioxidant action capable of preventing the onset of these diseases becomes ...

Conventional and ultrasound assisted extraction of anthocyanins from grape pomace are here analyzed and compared. Mathematical modeling is used firstly to represent the extraction process and determine the associated mass ...

Urera bacifera (L.) Gaudich, known as "nettle", has been used in folk medicine. In the region around UTFPR in Francisco Beltrão, a large quantity of this plant is found, thus presenting itself as an accessible and cheap ...

In order to replace conventional organic solvents with more benign equivalents such as ionic liquids or eutectic solvents, in this work we attempt to develop a simple and ecofriendly process using these alternative solvents ...