Abstract

n this work a process for obtaining high vitamin E and carotenoid yields by supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) extraction from pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) is described. The results show that the use of a vacuum oven-dried [residual moisture (∼8%)] and milled (70 mesh sieve) pumpkin flesh matrix increased SC-CO2 extraction yields of total vitamin E and carotenoids of ∼12.0- and ∼8.5-fold, respectively, with respect to the use of a freeze-dried and milled flesh matrix. The addition of milled (35 mesh) pumpkin seeds as co-matrix (1:1, w/w) allowed a further ∼1.6-fold increase in carotenoid yield, besides to a valuable enrichment of the extracted oil in vitamin E (274 mg/100 g oil) and polyunsaturated fatty acids. These findings encourage further studies in order to scale up the process for possible industrial production of high quality bioactive ingredients from pumpkin useful in functional food or cosmeceutical formulation.

Autore Pugliese

• Lenucci Marcello Salvatore , Piro Gabriella

Tutti gli autori

• M. Durante , M. S. Lenucci , L. D’Amico , G. Piro , G. Mita

Titolo volume/Rivista

FOOD CHEMISTRY

Anno di pubblicazione

2014

ISSN

0308-8146

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

13

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

14

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile