Efficiency of foam fractionation for the enrichment of nonpolar compounds from aqueous extracts of plant materials

Marlène Backleh-Sohrt, Perihan Ekici, Guenter Leupold, Harun Parlar

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Abstract

Biologically active compounds from several useful plants were enriched using foam fractionation, a separatory method belonging to the adsorptive bubble separation (ABS). Nonpolar humulones (1-6) from Pilsener beer, curcuminoids (7-9) from turmeric, and carotenoids (16 and 17) from carrot juice were enriched fast and quantitatively, depending on the process parameters, whereas more polar compounds such as catechins from green tea (11, 12, 14, and 15) and naringin (18) and hesperidin (19) from orange and grapefruit juices could not be enriched.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1386-1389
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume68
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

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