An overview of Soxhlet extraction, the advantages and shortcomings of this centenary
technique as well as the attempts to improve its performance and achievements reached is …

Background A large amount of wastes and by-products are generated during olive oil
production process. Traditionally, these products have been considered as a problem …

Magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles are one of the highly significant compounds in
construction. The novelty concentrated on using sol–gel technique coupled with …

Efficiency is a key point to ensure the profitability in the production of vegetable oils from
oilseeds. To maximize the recovery yields of seed oils, the traditional process involves …

An environmentally friendly sample pretreatment system based on solid-phase
microextraction (SPME) for the sensitive determination of bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol S …

Most research on extraction of phenol compounds from wine by-products and commercial
exploitation of extracts use grape seeds and/or skins as raw materials. Looking for …

Ultrasound-assisted extraction was used for the determination of phenolic compounds
present in strawberries. The optimization study of the extraction was carried out using spiked …

In this article, we present an overview of the different strategies for sample preparation for
identification by mass spectrometry (MS) of biomarkers from serum and/or plasma. We …

The impact of continuous and pulsed ultrasound pre-treatments (15, 30 and 45 min)
followed by conventional hydrodistillation on the characteristics of extracted essential oils …

Extraction has been used probably since the discovery of fire. Egyptians and Phoenicians,
Jews and Arabs, Indians and Chinese, Greeks and Romans, and even Mayans and Aztecs …