Objective: A microwave assisted extraction technique was developed to optimize the extraction of mucilage from the fruits of Trichosenthes dioica plant. Materials and Methods: the plant has been extracted by conventional and microwave assisted methods for the isolation of mucilage. Results and Discussion: Microwave extraction at 320 W intensity and 20 min heating duration, 84.92% increase in th...

Jatropha curcas has a variety of uses which are of great economic significance. Jatropha oil can be used as fuel alternative and for making biodiesel that is supposed to overcome the source limitation problem. In this study, conventional, ultrasound assisted and microwave pretreatment solid liquid extraction of Jatropha seed were studied in terms of amount and quality of the extracted oil. The ...

Application of novel technologies such as microwave and pulsed electric fields (PEF) might increase the speed and efficiency of oil extraction. In the present research, PEF (3.25 kV/cm electric field intensity and 30 pulse number) and microwave (540 W for 180 s) pretreatments were used to study the process of oil extraction from black cumin (Nigella sativa) seeds. After applying the selected pr...

Background and objectives: Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a herbaceous and a small shrub of the Compositae family. It is native to certain regions of South America. Since 1970s, Stevia extracts have been extensively used in many countries as a sugar substitute. Stevia is cultivated in many countries: Paraguay, USA, Mexico, Central America, Japan, China,...

A simple and rapid microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) procedure has been developed and optimized for extracting triterpenoids (TTP) from the Actinidia deliciosa root. Several variables that could potentially affect the extraction efficiency, namely extraction time (min), ethanol fraction (%), liquid:solid ratio (volume per mass) and microwave power (W) have been optimized by means of response ...

Propolis was used as medicine, cosmetic and beverage additives since past decades. The most important active compounds in the propolis are phenolic and flavonoids, which are in the resin category. The purpose of this study was to measure the total amount of flavonoids and quercetin in propolis of northern Iran and compare obtain data with different extraction methods. The soxhlet, maceration an...

The present work deals with comparison of microwave assisted extraction to that of conventional solvent extraction for the extraction of rice bran oil (RBO); focusing on extraction yield and oil composition. Microwave assisted extraction act as a green process over other method and proved that it is effective method for extraction of oil. The investigation also focuses on the study of functiona...

Microwave energy is a superior alternative to several other thermal treatments. Extraction techniques are widely employed for the isolation of bioactive compounds and vegetable oils from oil seeds. Among the different and new available techniques, microwave pretreatment of seeds is a simple and desirable method for production of high quality vegetable oils. Microwave pretreatment for oil extrac...

A new scheme of two beam accelerator (TBA) driver based on a linear induction accelerator is suggested in this work The electron beam bunching occurs at a rather low initial energy ~1 MeV. The bunched beam is accelerated in the .accompanying enhanced synchronous microwave that provides the steady longitudinal beam bunching along the whole driver. There is no total microwave power extraction any...

This work reports a novel approach where three phase partitioning (TPP) was combined with microwave for extraction of mangiferin from leaves of Mangifera indica. Soxhlet extraction was used as reference method, which yielded 57 mg/g in 5 h. Under optimal conditions such as microwave irradiation time 5 min, ammonium sulphate concentration 40% w/v, power 272 W, solute to solvent ratio 1:20, slurr...