scholarly journals Dichloromethane as an alternative to chloroform in the extraction of single cell oil from Rhodotorula toruloides

Author(s):  
Alex Ikeda Francisco ◽  
Everson Alves Miranda ◽  
Luisa Pires Vaz

Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) was evaluated as an alternative to chloroform in the extraction of single cell oils from the yeast Rhodotorula toruloides. Dichloromethane was proposed as a potentially more environmentally friendly substitute since it is nearly 15% less expensive and has a toxicity threshold to human health that is approximately 20 times higher if compared to chloroform.A three-factor factorial experiment was designed in order to test the efficacy of the proposed solvent in the extraction process, as well as the volume of solvent and time of extraction, the response variable being the mass fraction of extracted lipids. The results show that all the three variables had a significant and positive effect on the response variable since all p-values were less than 0.005 (99% confidence). Therefore, for this study, the best experimental condition for the extraction was determined to be one with 80 mL of dichloromethane and 24 h of extraction. In general, the results showed that dichloromethane is an alternative to chloroform in lipid extraction from Rhodotorula toruloides, without compromise on extraction efficiency.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihong Liu ◽  
Husam A. Abu Hajar ◽  
Guy Riefler ◽  
Ben J. Stuart

Microalgae are one of the most promising feedstocks for biodiesel production due to their high lipid content and easy farming. However, the extraction of lipids from microalgae is energy intensive and costly and involves the use of toxic organic solvents. Compared with organic solvent extraction, supercritical CO2(SCCO2) has demonstrated advantages through lower toxicity and no solvent-liquid separation. Due to the nonpolar nature of SCCO2, polar organic solvents such as methanol may need to be added as a modifier in order to increase the extraction ability of SCCO2. In this paper, pilot scale lipid extraction using SCCO2was studied on two microalgae species:Spirulinasp. andSchizochytriumsp. For each species, SCCO2extraction was conducted on 200 g of biomass for 6 h. Methanol was added as a cosolvent in the extraction process based on a volume ratio of 4%. The results showed that adding methanol in SCCO2increased the lipid extraction yield significantly for both species. Under an operating pressure of 4000 psi, the lipid extraction yields forSpirulinasp. andSchizochytriumsp. were increased by 80% and 72%, respectively. It was also found that a stepwise addition of methanol was more effective than a one-time addition. In comparison with Soxhlet extraction using methylene chloride/methanol (2:1, v/v), the methanol-SCCO2extraction demonstrated its high effectiveness for lipid extraction. In addition, the methanol-SCCO2system showed a high lipid extraction yield after increasing biomass loading fivefold, indicating good potential for scaling up this method. Finally, a kinetic study of the SCCO2extraction process was conducted, and the results showed that methanol concentration in SCCO2has the strongest influence on the lipid extraction yield.


2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung-Gyun Kim ◽  
Hyun-Wook Hwang ◽  
Antony Nzioka ◽  
Young-Ju Kim

In order to secure more effective lipid extraction method, this research investigated new lipid extraction method using laser with absorbent and sought its optimum operation control. In addition, this study compared lipid extraction efficiency and FAME conversion rate between laser extraction method at optimum condition and existing extraction method. Results from experiments for optimizing lipid extraction method using laser showed that the maximum extraction efficiency (81.8%) was attained when using laser with an output capacity of 75Wh/L. Extraction efficiency increased up to 90.8% when microwave treatment as pretreatment process was conducted. Addition of absorbents during lipid extraction process with laser showed higher extraction efficiency than laser and chemical method. It was also found that laser extraction method with absorbent had higher total fatty acid content (853.7 mg/g oil) in extracted lipid than chemical extraction method (825.4 mg/g oil). Furthermore, it had the highest FAME conversion rate (94.2%).


Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Cheng Zheng ◽  
Jian Zhao ◽  
Zhengxiang Ning

A novel microwave assisted multi-stage countercurrent extraction (MAMCE) technique was developed for the extraction of dihydromyricetin from Chinese rattan tea, Ampelopsis grossedentata. The technique combined the advantages of microwave heating and dynamic multi-stage countercurrent extraction and achieved marked improvement in extraction efficiency over microwave assisted batch extraction. Analysis of dihydromyricetin concentrations in the solvent and matrix throughout the extraction process showed that by dividing the extraction into multiple stages and exchanging of solvents between stages, steady and substantial concentration gradients were established between the matrix and solvent, thus enabling the achievement of high extraction efficiency. The yield of dihydromyricetin was significantly affected by temperature, pH, solvent/material ratio and extraction time, and optimal extraction conditions were found to be 80-100°C, at acidic pH with a solvent/material ratio of 25-30 to 1 and extraction time of 5-10 min. With the high extraction efficiency and low usage of extraction solvent, MAMCE could prove to be a promising extraction technique which can be applied to the extraction of dihydromyricentin and other bioactive substances from natural materials.


Fuel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 254 ◽  
pp. 115653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheetal Bandhu ◽  
Neha Bansal ◽  
Diptarka Dasgupta ◽  
Vivek Junghare ◽  
Arushdeep Sidana ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. 124635
Author(s):  
Nicola Di Fidio ◽  
Giorgio Ragaglini ◽  
Federico Dragoni ◽  
Claudia Antonetti ◽  
Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 906-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trupti Lingaraj ◽  
John Donovan ◽  
Zhi Li ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Amanda Doucette ◽  
...  

The signaling pathways involving lipid kinase class I phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI 3-kinases) regulate cell growth, proliferation, and survival. Class I PI 3-kinases catalyze the conversion of PI (4,5)P2 to PI (3,4,5)P3, which acts as a lipid second messenger to activate mitogenic signaling cascades. Recently, p110α, a class IA PI 3-kinase, was found to be mutated frequently in many human cancers. Therefore, it is increasingly studied as an anticancer drug target. Traditionally, PI 3-kinase activities have been studied using liposome substrates. This method, however, is hampered significantly by the labor-intensive manual lipid extraction followed by a low-throughput thin-layer chromatography analysis. The authors describe a high-throughput liposome substrate-based assay based on an automated lipid extraction method that allows them to study PI 3-kinase enzyme mechanism and quantitatively measure inhibitor activity using liposome substrates in a high-throughput mode. This improved assay format can easily be extended to study other classes of phosphoinositide lipid kinases. ( Journal of Biomolecular Screening 2008:906-911)


2014 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulker D. Keris-Sen ◽  
Unal Sen ◽  
Gulfem Soydemir ◽  
Mirat D. Gurol

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moussa Toure ◽  
Guilhem Arrachart ◽  
Jean Duhamet ◽  
Stephane Pellet-Rostaing

A study has been carried out on Ta and Nb recovery by a liquid-liquid extraction process using 4-methylacetophenone (4-MAcPh) as the organic phase. The 4-MAcPh was compared to methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) with respect to extraction efficiencies (D values) at different concentrations of H2SO4 in the aqueous phase. The results showed a similar extraction of Nb for both solvents. However, for Ta, extraction efficiency is increased by a factor of 1.3 for 4-MAcPh. In addition, the MIBK solubilized completely after 6 mol∙L−1 of H2SO4 against only a loss of 0.14–4% for 4-MAcPh between 6 and 9 mol∙L−1 of H2SO4. The potential of 4-MAcPh has also been studied to selectively recover Ta from a model capacitor waste solution. The results showed a selectivity for Ta in the presence of impurities such as Ag, Fe, Ni and Mn. The 4-MAcPh also presents the advantage of having physicochemical properties adapted to its use in liquid-liquid extraction technologies such as mixer-settlers.


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