Terpenes as Green Solvents for Extraction of Oil from Microalgae

Molecules

Celine Dejoye Tanzi¹  Maryline AbertVian¹  Christian Ginies¹  Mohamed Elmaataoui¹ 

[1] Université d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, INRA, UMR408, UMR406, 84000 Avignon, France

关键词: lipid extraction;    terpene solvent;    Chlorella vulgaris;    Soxhlet;    microalgae;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules17078196

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Herein is described a green and original alternative procedure for the extraction of oil from microalgae. Extractions were carried out using terpenes obtained from renewable feedstocks as alternative solvents instead of hazardous petroleum solvents such as n-hexane. The described method is achieved in two steps using Soxhlet extraction followed by the elimination of the solvent from the medium using Clevenger distillation in the second step. Oils extracted from microalgae were compared in terms of qualitative and quantitative determination. No significant difference was obtained between each extract, allowing us to conclude that the proposed method is green, clean and efficient.

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