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. 2020 Apr 2;11:299. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00299

TABLE 1.

Summary of white mustard seed oil extraction methods and results.

Method Material Pretreatment of seed
Extraction
Refinement
References
Drying Milling Technique/solvent/yield/time Solvent or solid residue removal Drying
Pressing Seed No No Press with 8 mm nozzles/13.28% Vacuum filtration Vacuum evaporation Stamenković et al., 2018
Seed Oven (<70°C) Grinder cutting (0.13–0.50 mm) Pressing (5–8 kg/h)/oil content of cake reduced to 8–9% Acid degumming and chemical deacidification, followed by centrifugation Vacuum evaporation Ciubota-Rosie et al., 2013
Seed No Press extractor Filtration Mejia-Garibay et al., 2015
Seed No Electric oil expeller Electric filter apparatus Heating at 120°C using a hot plate Ahmad et al., 2013
Seed No Electric oil expeller Suction filtration Heating above 100°C for 1 h Sultana et al., 2014
Seed No Pressing while applying heat (drive speed setting: 5–6) Fiberglass filter disk under vacuum Nie et al., 2016
Solvent extraction, batch Seed (moisture contents: 3.78%) No Electric milling (1 min) before extraction (mean particle diameter: 0.44 mm) Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane (seed:solvent 1:10 g/mL)/20.64%/6 h Vacuum filtration Vacuum evaporation Stamenković et al., 2018
Manual crushing and electric milling (1 min) of press cake (mean particle diameter: 0.47 mm) Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane (seed:solvent 1:10 g/mL)/8.58%/6 h
Seed Oven (<70°C) Grinder cutting (0.13–0.50 mm) Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane (55°C)/39.2%/6 h or 43.5/18 h Acid degumming and chemical deacidification, followed by centrifugation Vacuum evaporation Ciubota-Rosie et al., 2013
Seed Pestle and mortar Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane/31.6%/24 h Rotary evaporation under vacuum Singh et al., 2014
Seed Coffee mill Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane (70°C; 10:1 v/w)/25.30%/8 h Anhydrous magnesium sulfate placed over a filter paper Rotary evaporator at 40°C Kozlowska et al., 2016
Extraction (Folch method, room temperature, shaking)/ chloroform/methanol (2:1 v/v; 10:1 v/w)/29.80%/2 h Whatman No. 1 paper filter into a separatory funnel with 1 M KCl solution; after gentle shaking, mixture left overnight for separation into two phases Rotary evaporation under vacuum at 40°C
Seed Pestle and mortar Soxhlet apparatus/n-hexane Rotary evaporation Sáez-Bastante et al., 2016
Dry, clean seeds Crushing Soxhlet apparatus/petroleum ether (60–80°C)/32.5% Vacuum evaporation (<40°C) Ali and McKay, 1982
Seed Dried overnight (50°C) Soxhlet apparatus/petroleum ether (60°C, seed:solvent 5 g:100 mL)/21.1 ± 0.4%/16 h Evaporation Yaniv et al., 1994
Seed Coffee mill Smalley-Butt apparatus/n-hexane/∼30%/4 h+2 h Vacuum evaporation Seal et al., 2008
Seed Grinder Magnetically stirred beaker/n-hexane/overnight Vacuum filtration Vacuum evaporation Nie et al., 2016
Solvent extraction, continuous Seed Grinding (0.2–0.3 mm) Continuous stirred extractor (10:1 n-hexane:seed mass, 29°C, 30 h)/78% oil recovery Ciubota-Rosie et al., 2009
Aqueous extraction Dehulled flour 4:1 water:flour (g/g), 3 min blending, pH 11.00 ± 0.05, room temperature, 30 min extraction, centrifugation (∼9000 g for 20 min), re-extraction/washing stage of solid residue under same conditions/75% oil recovery Balke, 2006
Partially dehulled flour Procedure of Balke (2006) (39% oil recovery in emulsion) and oil extraction from emulsion using isopropyl alcohol: Single extraction (25:1–31:1 isopropyl alcohol:oil mass)/90–94% oil recovery Ataya Pulido, 2010
Three-stage extraction (3:1 water:flour)/94% oil recovery
Four-stage extraction (2:1 water:flour)/96.3% oil recovery
Pre-ground dehulled flour (<100 mesh) Procedure of Balke (2006) Four-stage PSE using fresh isopropyl alcohol at each stage (2:1 solvent:oil)/92.3% oil recovery Jung and Diosady, 2012
Four-stage PSER reusing extracted water-rich phase, containing isopropyl alcohol (2:1 solvent:oil)/84.0% oil recovery
Dehulled flour Procedure of Balke (2006) Fully alkaline two-stage aqueous extraction (64.6% oil recovery in emulsion) and oil extraction from emulsion using cyclic ethers. Tabtabaei and Diosady, 2012
Tetrahydrofuran (4:1)/97% oil recovery and 5% water
1,4-dioxane (9:1)/95% oil recovery and 99% water
Dehulled flour Procedure of Balke (2006) (57.5% oil recovery in emulsion) and oil extraction from emulsion using organic solvents with partial solubilities for oil Tabtabaei et al., 2013
30:1 dimethylformamide:oil mass/38% oil recovery
Dehulled flour Fully alkaline two-stage aqueous extraction (flour slurry, 4:1 water:flour mass) + three-stage emulsion extraction with: Tabtabaei et al., 2014
0.75:1 tetrahydrofuran/100% oil recovery and 3.5% water
0.5:1 1-4-dioxane/85.8% oil recovery and 76% water
Dehulled flour (<100 mesh) Fully alkaline two-stage aqueous extraction (flour slurry, 4:1 water:flour mass) + emulsion extraction with tetrahydrofuran (0.5:1 and 0.75:1, producing miscella I and II, respectively) (Tabtabaei et al., 2014) + adsorption (zeolite 4A) Tabtabaei et al., 2015
Single-stage aqueous extraction with tetrahydrofuran (4:1, producing miscella III) (Tabtabaei and Diosady, 2012) + adsorption (zeolite 4A)
Batch adsorption (10:1.5 miscella:zeolite, shaking rate 125 cycles/min), water removal/time: miscella I 72.4%/40 min, miscella II 98.8%/4 h, and miscella III 98.7%/4 h
Fixed-bed adsorption (2.5 cm column dimeter, 30 cm length), water removal/breakthrough time/bed capacity: miscella I (flow rate 1.6 mL/min) 100/44.6 h/0.222 g/g; miscella II (flow rate 2.0 mL/min) 98.6%/14.2 h/0.244 g/g
Enzymatic aqueous extraction Dehulled flour Sequential two-stage aqueous extraction (flour slurry, 4:1 water:flour mass): (1) pH 4.8–5.0, 25°C, 30 min; (2) pH 11, 30 min, room temperature/30.0% oil, 58.7% water, 8.3% protein, and 5.2% phospholipids Tabtabaei and Diosady, 2013
Sequential two-stage enzymatic aqueous extraction: (1) pH 4.8, 40°C, 3% carbohydrase of flour mass (Viscozyme L, Pectinex Ultra SP-L, Celluclast each 1%), 3 h; (2) pH 11, room temperature, 3 h/35.3% oil, 52.2% water, 9.1% protein, and 5.9% phospholipids
Sequential two-stage aqueous extraction+emulsion extraction: (3) 3:1 water:emulsion mass, pH 11, 25°C, 30 min/80.0% oil, 20.6% water, 0.6% protein, and 0.6% phospholipids
Sequential two-stage aqueous extraction+emulsion extraction: (4) 3:1 water:emulsion mass, pH 11, 25°C, 3 h/80.1% oil, 20.8% water, 0.7% protein, and 0.8% phospholipids
Fully alkaline two-stage aqueous extraction (Tabtabaei and Diosady, 2012)/55.5% oil, 39.8% water, 3.2% protein, and 3.3% phospholipids
Ultrasound-assisted extraction Seed Dry Grinding (18 mesh) Flask in ultrasonic batch (room temperature)/diethyl ether (10 g seed:40 mL solvent)/8.96%/30 min Filtration under reduced pressure Evaporation Peng et al., 2013
Supercritical CO2 extraction Seed Mill equipped with 1.0-mm sieve Single extraction (2 mL CO2/min, 51.7 MPa, 100°C, 60 min)/21.59 ± 0.29% Barthet and Daun, 2002
Multiple extraction (5 × 20 min)/28.63 ± 0.57%
Multiple extraction with modifier (2 × 30 min + 30 min with 15% ethanol)/28.60 ± 0.49%
Seed Mill with diatomaceous earth Single extraction (41.4 MPa, 80°C, 90 min)/∼30% Vacuum evaporation Seal et al., 2008
Two-step extraction with modifier (60 min with 15% ethanol)/∼30%
Pressing + solvent extraction Seed Oven (<70°C) Grinder cutting (0.13–0.50 mm) Pressing (5–8 kg/h) + solvent extraction (n–hexane)/>40% (92% of total oil)/2 h Acid degumming and chemical deacidification, followed by centrifugation Vacuum evaporation Ciubota-Rosie et al., 2013
Seed Seed moisture content: 3.78% Electric milling (1 min) of seeds (mean particle diameter: 0.44 mm) Seed pressing + Soxhlet extraction (n-hexane; 1:10 g/mL seed:solvent)/19.90%/6 h Vacuum filtration Vacuum evaporation Stamenković et al., 2018
Manual crushing and electric milling (1 min) of press cake (mean particle diameter: 0.47 mm) Seed pressing + maceration (n-hexane; 70°C; 1:6.5 g/mL seed:solvent)/20.48%/5 min
1:8.5 g/mL seed:solvent/20.50%/5 min
Steam distillation Seed Dry Grinding (18 mesh) Steam distillation/water vapor/6.48% Peng et al., 2013