Squalene recovery from palm fatty acid distillate using supercritical fluid extraction

Suleimen, Norhidayah and Baharin, Badlishah Shah and Mirhosseini, Seyed Hamed and Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam (2012) Squalene recovery from palm fatty acid distillate using supercritical fluid extraction. International Food Research Journal, 19 (4). pp. 1661-1667. ISSN 19854668 (P), 22317546 (O)

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Abstract

The objective of this research is recovery of squalene from palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) using supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). The extraction process was performed by using the SFE and recovered squalene was analyzed from total lipid extracts using HPLC. A central composite design was used to study the effect of SFE variables namely pressure (X1) from 200 to 400 bar and temperature (X2) from 40 to 600C on the total lipid extracts (Y1) and squalene concentration (Y2) and optimize the SFE conditions. The nonlinear regression equations were significantly (p < 0.05) fitted for both responses with high R2 (> 0.965), which had no indication of lack of fit. The results indicated that a combined pressure (200 bar) and temperature (500C) was predicted to provide the optimum region in terms of total lipid extracts (13.84 ± 0.52%) and squalene concentration (418.31 ± 18.40 ppm) studied.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6605/25712
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Squalene, palm fatty acid, HPLC
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Pharmacy > Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Depositing User:	Professor Md. Zaidul Islam Sarker
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2012 08:59
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2012 13:31
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/25712

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