Evaluation of the Effect of Different Co-Solvent Mixtures on the Supercritical CO2 Extraction of the Phenolic Compounds Present in Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaves
2022
Beatriz Juliana Yerena-Prieto | Monserrat Gonzalez-Gonzalez | Miguel Ángel García-Alvarado | Lourdes Casas | Miguel Palma | Guadalupe del Carmen Rodríguez-Jimenes | Gerardo F. Barbero | Cristina Cejudo-Bastante
Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), using CO2, is a novel, sustainable and very efficient technique for the recovery of highly apolar compounds. However, the recovery of phenolic compounds requires the use of different co-solvent combinations such as water and ethanol to enhance the recovery of these compounds through the optimization of a number of variables. In this sense, the effect of pressure (100, 150 and 200 bar), temperature (50, 65 and 80 °:C), extraction time (30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 min) and the effect of the different percentages of ethanol and water as co-solvents on the composition and phenolic content of moringa leaf extracts were evaluated. Six major flavonoids were identified by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometer (UHPLC-Q-ToF-MS). Pressure and temperature had a significant effect on the phenolic composition of the extracts, as well as on their concentrations. The highest concentration of total flavonoids compounds (TFCs) was obtained by using a mixture of CO2 and water of 50:50 (v/v) at 100 bar, at 65 °:C after a 120 min extraction time that produced a concentration of 11.66 mg ±: 0.02 mg TFC g&minus:1 sample, which corresponds to 89.0% of the total flavonoids of the sample, obtained by exhaustive extraction.
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