Effect of biomass pre-treatment and solvent extraction on β-carotene and lycopene recovery from Blakeslea trispora cells

Papaioannou, E. and Roukas, T. and Liakopoulou-Kyriakides, M. (2008) Effect of biomass pre-treatment and solvent extraction on β-carotene and lycopene recovery from Blakeslea trispora cells. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 38 (3). pp. 246-256. ISSN 1082-6068

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Abstract

The production of carotenoids from Blakeslea trispora cells in a synthetic medium has been reported, with the main products being β-carotene, lycopene, and γ-carotene. The effect of biomass pretreatment and solvent extraction on their selective recovery is reported here. Eight solvents of class II and III of the International Conference of Harmonization: ethanol, methanol, acetone, 2-propanol, pentane, hexane, ethyl acetate, and ethyl ether, and HPLC analysis were used for the evaluation of their selectivities towards the three main carotenoids with regard to different biomass pre-treatment. The average Cmax values (maximum concentration of caronoids in a specific solvent) were estimated to 16 mg/L with the five out of eight solvents investigated, whereas methanol, pentane, and hexane gave lower values of 10, 11, and 9 mg/L, respectively. The highest carotenoid yield was obtained in the case of wet biomass, where 44-56% is recovered with one solvent and three extractions and the rest is recovered only after subsequent treatment with acetone; thus, four extractions of 2.5 h are needed. Two extractions of 54 min are enough to recover carotenoids from dehydrated biomass, with the disadvantage of a high degree of degradation. Our results showed that, for maximum carotenoid recovery, ethyl ether, 2-propanol, and ethanol could be successfully used with biomass without prior treatment, whereas fractions enriched in β-carotene or lycopene can be obtained by extraction with the proper solvent, thus avoiding degradation due to time-consuming processes.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? β-caroteneγ-caroteneblakeslea trisporalycopenepurificationbiochemistryapplied microbiology and biotechnologymolecular biologybiotechnology ??
ID Code:
82179
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13 Oct 2016 13:14
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Yes
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Published
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