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HERO ID
7755645
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Recovery and Isomerization of Carotenoids from Tomato Processing By-products
Author(s)
Strati, IF; Oreopoulou, V
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Waste and Biomass Valorization
ISSN:
1877-2641
EISSN:
1877-265X
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Volume
7
Issue
4
Page Numbers
843-850
Language
English
DOI
10.1007/s12649-016-9535-z
Web of Science Id
WOS:000380690600020
Abstract
Industrial tomato processing by-products are intended mainly for animal feed or fertilizer, though they can be used for the recovery of valuable constituents. Carotenoids constitute an important component of these by-products, well credited with important health-promoting functions. This study examined the effect of several organic solvents (hexane, ethanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, ethyl lactate and their mixtures), and extraction temperature on the recovery and isomerization of carotenoids from tomato processing by-products. Another area under investigation was the stability of carotenoids, as affected by drying and storage conditions of tomato by-products. HPLCâDAD analysis was applied for the efficient separation and analysis of the carotenoids and their cis-isomers. The highest extraction yield was obtained with ethyl lactate (203.6 μg/g dry by-product) followed by hexaneâethyl acetate mixture with a considerably lower yield (36.1 μg/g dry by-product). The identified carotenoids in all solvent extracts followed the order: lycopene â«Â β-carotene > lutein, in their predominant trans-configuration. Among the identified isomers, 5-cis lycopene and 15-cis-β-carotene were the most abundant in all extracts. The increase of extraction temperature increased the total lycopene concentration in all extracts, whereas cis-isomers remained lower than 8 % in most solvents. A steadily high percentage of cis-isomer (â30 %) was observed in ethyl lactate extracts, independent of temperature. Conversely, the increase of extraction temperature induced a reduction in total β-carotene and total lutein concentration in all solvents, while cis-isomers were not detected. Drying or even cold storage of the raw material led to decreased yields, and affected lycopene isomerization with a considerable increase of cis-isomers. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Keywords
Carotenoids; Lycopene; Tomato by-products; Isomerization; Organic solvent
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