Obtaining oil from macauba kernels by ultrasound-assisted extraction using ethyl acetate as the solvent

Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficacy of ethyl acetate as a solvent in the extraction of macauba kernel oil (MKO) using ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE). It was shown that more MKO oil could be extracted with the use of larger amounts of solvent, higher temperatures a...

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Main Authors: Ana Claudia Santos da Rosa, Natália Stevanato, Isabela Iwassa, Vitor Augusto dos Santos Garcia, Camila da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL) 2019-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-67232019000100410&lng=en&tlng=en