Lycopene, a precursor of beta-carotene with a well-known antioxidant activity, contained in many natural products such as tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), watermelon, red pepper and papaya, is usually recovered from natural vegetal sources using organic solvents and a purification step. In this paper an innovative process for the extraction of pure lycopene from tomato waste in water that uses the Naviglio (R) extractor and water as extracting phase is presented.
Extraction of pure lycopene from industrial tomato by-products in water using a new high pressure process / Naviglio, Daniele; Pizzolongo, Fabiana; Ferrara, Lydia; Aragòn, A.; Santini, Antonello. - In: JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. - ISSN 0022-5142. - STAMPA. - 88:(2008), pp. 2414-2420. [10.1002/jsfa.3334]
Extraction of pure lycopene from industrial tomato by-products in water using a new high pressure process
NAVIGLIO, DANIELE;PIZZOLONGO, FABIANA;FERRARA, LYDIA;SANTINI, ANTONELLO
2008
Abstract
Lycopene, a precursor of beta-carotene with a well-known antioxidant activity, contained in many natural products such as tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), watermelon, red pepper and papaya, is usually recovered from natural vegetal sources using organic solvents and a purification step. In this paper an innovative process for the extraction of pure lycopene from tomato waste in water that uses the Naviglio (R) extractor and water as extracting phase is presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
