Critical review of supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of selected oil seeds.docVIP

APTEFF, 41, 1-203 (2010) DOI: 10.2298/APT1041105S UDC: 665.3:66.061 BIBLID: 1450-7188 (2010) 41, 105-120 Review CRITICAL REVIEW OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE EXTRACTION OF SELECTED OIL SEEDS Milan N. Sovilj? Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, as a relatively new separation technique, can be used as a very efficient process in the production of essential oils and oleoresins from many of plant materials. The extracts from these materials are a good basis for the new pharmaceutical products and ingredients in the functional foods. This paper deals with supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of selected oil seeds which are of little interest in classical extraction in the food industry. In this article the process parameters in the su- percritical carbon dioxide extraction, such as pressure, temperature, solvent flow rate, diameter of gound materials, and moisture of oil seed were presented for the following seeds: almond fruits, borage seed, corn germ, grape seed, evening primrose, hazelnut, linseed, pumpkin seed, walnut, and wheat germ. The values of investigated parameters in supercritical extraction were: pressure from 100 to 600 bar, temperature from 10 to 70 C, diameter of grinding material from 0.16 to 2.0 mm, solvent flow used from 0.06 to o 30.0 kg/h, amount of oil in the feed from 10.0 to 74.0%, and moisture of oil seed from 1.1 to 7.5%. The yield and quality of the extracts of all the oil seeds as well as the possibility of their application in the pharmaceutical and food, industries were analyzed. KEYWORDS: supercritical extraction, seed oils, process parameters, global extraction yield. INTRODUCTION Supercritical fluid extraction using carbon dioxide (SC-CO ) is a particularly suitable 2 isolation method for isolation of the valuable components from plant materials. A natural plant extract, free from chemical alterations brought about by heat and water, and without solvent residues and othe