Extraction techniques play a unique role in analytical chemistry. In most laboratories,
decades-old extraction procedures are still commonplace. Yet the development of …

The demand for functional foods and neutraceuticals is on the rise, leaving product
development companies racing to improve bioactive compound extraction methods-a key …

Óleos essenciais são compostos químicos voláteis, característicos por sua fragrância e
frequentes atividades antimicrobianas e antioxidantes. São extraídos dos tricomas de …

Microwave steam diffusion (MSD) was developed as a cleaner and new process design and
operation for isolation of essentials oils and was compared to conventional steam diffusion …

The insecticidal activity is the result of a series of complex interactions between toxic
substances as ligands and insect's enzymes as targets. Actually, synthetic insecticides used …

The present work deals with the modeling of the kinetics of essential oils extraction from
plant materials by water and steam distillation. The experimental data were obtained by …

In this work, an optimal steam flow trajectory for essential oils extraction from aromatic plants
is derived, minimizing energy consumption. A phenomenological dynamic model of the oil …

Main objectives of this work were to investigate the influences of ultrasound pretreatment
(UP) and microwave pretreatment (MP) on extraction kinetics, chemical composition, and …

The aim of the present work is to investigate the generalization possibilities of models
describing the kinetics of essential oils extraction and the relevance of the adopted …

Simplified models have many appealing properties and sometimes give better parameter
estimates and model predictions, in sense of mean‐squared‐error, than extended models …