Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods

Author: Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/2.4.26

Keyword: Extraction, Renewable sources, Squalene, scale-up.

Abstract: Squalene is a terpenoid with great importance in cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical industry; it was originally isolated from shark liver oil but is easily found in animals, vegetables and microorganisms. Nowadaysis shark fishing is prohibited in some countries, that is the main reason to use renewable sources forsqualene extraction to protect marine life, since last decade, squalene is extracted from different sources and methods to achieve best yields at lower possible cost. Traditional extraction methods usually involve organic solvents as hexane which left residues on the extracted matrix, that can limit material use for human consumptionafter extraction. Separation and purification stages after extraction can elevate operations cost, one of the most interesting technology to obtain squalene from biological matrix is supercritical fluid extraction with CO2as solvent because of economic, safe and easy removal characteristics.

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Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz et al."Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 2, no. 4, 2017, pp.1662-1670 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.26

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Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz, P.(2017).Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), 1662-1670.10.22161/ijeab/2.4.26

Chicago

Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz, P.(2017).Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), pp.1662-1670.

Harvard

Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz. 2017."Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4):1662-1670.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.26

IEEE

Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz."Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.2,no. 4, pp.1662-1670,2017.

Bibtex

@article { teresarosales-garcia2017squalene,
title={Squalene Extraction: Biological Sources and Extraction Methods},
author={Teresa Rosales-Garcia, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez, Gloria Davila-Ortiz , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={2},
year= {2017} ,
}