What is it about?
Using the Naviglio extractor it is possible to extract very pure lycopene from tomato by-products, since it is found in paracrystalline form.
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Why is it important?
This process of solid-liquid extraction of lycopene allows to isolate lycopne at a very high purity major than 98% (w/w) and it can be used as laboratoy standard.
Perspectives
In my opinion, this low-impact process can be used to valorize tomato by-products, obtaining a high added value compound such as all-trans lycopene.
Prof. Daniele Naviglio
University of Naples Federico II
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This page is a summary of: Extraction of pure lycopene from industrial tomato by-products in water using a new high-pressure process, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, November 2008, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3334.
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