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Efficient salt‐aided aqueous extraction of bitter almond oil
Author(s) -
Liu Lei,
Yu Xiuzhu,
Zhao Zhong,
Xu Lirong,
Zhang Rui
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.8245
Subject(s) - extraction (chemistry) , chemistry , chromatography , sodium bicarbonate , yield (engineering) , aqueous solution , solvent , fraction (chemistry) , salt (chemistry) , environmentally friendly , emulsion , materials science , organic chemistry , ecology , metallurgy , biology
BACKGROUND Salt‐aided aqueous extraction ( SAAE ) is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly method of oil extraction that is influenced by many factors. In the present study, we investigated the effect of SAAE on bitter almond oil yield. RESULTS This study used sodium bicarbonate solution as extraction solvent and the optimal extraction parameters predicted by Box–Behnken design (i.e., concentration of sodium bicarbonate, 0.4 mol L −1 ; solvent‐to‐sample ratio, 5:1; extraction temperature, 84 °C; extraction time, 60 min), for oil recovery of 90.9%. The physiochemical characteristics of the extracted oil suggest that the quality was similar to that of the aqueous enzymatic extracted oil. Moreover, the content of hydrocyanic acid ( HCN ) in bitter almond oil was found to be less than 5 mg kg −1 , which was lower compared to that obtained by other reported methods. Results of microanalysis indicated that SAAE led to significant improvement in oil yield by allowing the release of oil and decreasing the emulsion fraction. Therefore, extraction of bitter almond oil by SAAE is feasible. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that extraction of bitter almond oil by SAAE based on the salt effect is feasible on a laboratory scale. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry