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Abstract

Anthocyanins are natural pigments displaying different attractive colors ranging from red, violet, to blue. These pigments present health benefits that increased their use in food, nutraceuticals, and the cosmetic industry. However, anthocyanins are mainly extracted through conventional methods that are time-consuming and involve the use of organic solvents. Moreover, the chemical diversity of the obtained complex extracts make the downstream purification step challenging. Therefore, the growing demand of these high-value pigments has stimulated the interest in designing new, safe, cost-effective, and tunable strategies for their extraction and purification. The current review focuses on the potential application of compressed fluid-based (such as subcritical and supercritical fluid extraction and pressurized liquid extraction) and deep eutectic solvents-based extraction methods for the recovery of anthocyanins. In addition, an updated review of the application of counter-current chromatography for anthocyanins purification is provided as a faster and cost-effective alternative to preparative-scale HPLC.

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Title
Alternative Extraction and Downstream Purification Processes for Anthocyanins
Author
Nunes, Ana N 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Borges, Alexandra 2 ; Matias, Ana A 3 ; Maria Rosário Bronze 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Oliveira, Joana 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal; [email protected] (A.N.N.); [email protected] (A.A.M.); [email protected] (M.R.B.); ITQB, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal 
 Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde—REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre S/N, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] 
 iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal; [email protected] (A.N.N.); [email protected] (A.A.M.); [email protected] (M.R.B.) 
 iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal; [email protected] (A.N.N.); [email protected] (A.A.M.); [email protected] (M.R.B.); ITQB, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; iMed.Ulisboa, Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-019 Lisboa, Portugal 
First page
368
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
14203049
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2621342961
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.