Food processing, from agricultural production to domestic consumption, is responsible for
generating great amounts of waste per year, resulting in soil, water, and air pollution. These …

Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) is an oleaginous specie in Brazilian Amazonia and Cerrado
regions. Its oil, still mainly extracted by small communities, is largely employed in local …

This paper presents a study about the deacidification of typical Amazonian oils, namely,
patawa and pracaxi oils. The liquid–liquid extractions were carried out using three alcoholic …

In this study, the effects of citric acid-loaded Hβ zeolite (F), activated clay and their modified
decolorizers on the nutrients, volatile compounds and harmful substances of sesame oil in …

Apart from advantages regarding safety, short-chain alcohols used as substitutes for hexane
in vegetable oil extraction can be partially recovered from the extract only by cooling due to …

La yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hilaire) es un cultivo industrial de gran importancia
económica para la provincia de Misiones. Durante la industrialización de la yerba mate se …

Ethanol (Et) has been suggested as a substitute for hexane (Hx) for use in the extraction of
oils from different oleaginous matrices. In this study, Et and Hx were used to extract the …