Application of supercritical fluid extraction for separation of nutraceuticals and other phytochemicals from plant material

• Main Authors: Miha Oman, Mojca Škerget, Zeljko Knez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia 2013-12-01
• Series: Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Subjects: supercritical fluid extraction, nutraceuticals, phytochemical, plant material
• Online Access: https://mjcce.org.mk/index.php/MJCCE/article/view/443

In present work a literature review of application of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) for isolation of nutraceuticals and some other phytochemicals up to December of 2012 is presented. Manuscript provides knowledge of SFE processes and possible aplications of SFE for extraction of bioactive compounds which serve as nutraceuticals. Compounds are classified into groups based on their chemical nature (carotenoids, flavonoids and other phenolic compounds, essential oils, lipids and fatty acids, and alkaloids and other bioactive phytochemicals) and they are reviewed in tabular form along with plant material, from which they were extracted using supercritical fluids.