I'm working on extracting avocado peel oil with 2 methods
1st is a solvent extraction (n-hexane, 37°C)with soxhlet
The 2nd, i want to realise a macération extraction but i don't know what solvent i can use without degrading the oil or i can do a cold method of Extraction
anyone has an idea what should i do in the 2nd method ?
Try ultrasound extraction with alcohol (ethanol), but first should be good to optimize maceration condition.
Dear Widad Nafid thank you for asking this interesting technical question. Please have a look at the following potentially useful RG link which might help you in your analysis:
Extraction-and-Characterization-of-Oil-from-Avocado-Peels
Article Extraction-and-Characterization-of-Oil-from-Avocado-Peels
This article has been posted as public full text on RG. Thus it can be freely downloaded as public full text.
What makes me wondering about this article is that the authors used n-hexane because of its "very low value of toxicity". This is certainly not quite true. n-Hexane is significantly toxic and should not be used for processing foods.
Good luck with your work! 👍
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