Supercritical CO₂ Extraction and Microencapsulation of Lycopene-Enriched Oleoresins from Tomato Peels: Evidence on Antiproliferative and Cytocompatibility Activities

• Main Authors: Liliana Mihalcea (Author), Oana Crăciunescu (Author), Ionica Gheonea (Dima) (Author), Ana-Maria Prelipcean (Author), Elena Enachi (Author), Vasilica Barbu (Author), Gabriela Elena Bahrim (Author), Gabriela Râpeanu (Author), Anca Oancea (Author), Nicoleta Stănciuc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tomato peels are used as a valuable material to extract lycopene-rich oleoresins by supercritical CO₂ extraction. The extraction involves continuous circling of CO₂ to the extractor after removing the solute in the separators, S40 and S45, where the solv...