Effect of operating conditions on catechin extraction from betel nuts using supercritical CO2-methanol extraction

• Main Authors: Ruslan, M., Idham, Z., Nian Yian, Lee, Ahmad Zaini, Muhammad Abbas, Che Yunus, Mohd. Azizi
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Inc 2018
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86715/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2017.1406947
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In this work, the effect of extraction parameters on catechin extraction from betel nuts was studied. The supercritical carbon dioxide extraction parameters were pressure, temperature, and solvent flow rate while using average particle size of 177.5 μm and 5% (v/v) methanol as modifiers. Detection a...