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. 2021 Jun 30;26(13):4004. doi: 10.3390/molecules26134004

Table 3.

Subcritical water extraction of organic acids.

Samples Medicinal Parts Compounds Extracted Extracts Activity Extraction Conditions Analytical Methods Other Extraction Methods (Solvent, Ratios of Yields) Ref.
Panax ginseng Meyer root TP, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, gallic acid, etc. antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, HRS) 100–240 °C, 15 min,
4–9 MPa, 200 rpm
HPLC, UV [23]
Helicteres isora L. hexadecanoic acid, octadecnoic acid, heptadecen-8-carbonic acid etc. antibiofilm, antioxidant,
antimicrobial, antienzymatic
160 °C, 30 min, 1 MPa, 1: 30 g/mL GC-MS, UV [27]
XiLan olive fruit olive dreg TP, chlorogenic acid, gallic acid, syringic acid, etc. antioxidant (ABTS, DPPH, reducing power) 100–180 °C, 5–60 min, 1:20–1:60 g/mL LC-MS-IT-TOF, UV convention (methanol 3.2%; ethanol 0.6%; DMK 0.9%) [33]
Camellia oleifera Abel. seeds free fatty acids (palmitic acid, stearate, oleic acid, etc.), tea saponin antioxidant (DPPH) 60–160 °C,2–7 MPa,
5–60 min, 1:3–1:25 g/mL
GC-MS, FT-IR Soxhlet (petroleum ether 100%), cold pressed (100%) [37]
sunflower seeds (Natura) dehulled seeds total proteins, total carbohydrates, TP antioxidant capacities 60–160 °C, 5–120 min,
3 MPa, 1:10–1:30 g/mL
GC-FID, UV-Vis, HPLC Soxhlet (hexane 67.3%) [38]
cottonseed (Egypt) cottonseed linoleic acid, palmatic acid, oleic acid, myristic acid 180–280 °C, 5–60 min, 1:2–2:1 g/mL GC-FID, heating (hexane 89.5%) [39]
green coffee (Robusta Uganda) beans chlorogenic acid 130–170 °C, 40–90 min, 0–30 % ethanol HPLC convention (ethanol 66.7%) [45]
Nannochloropsis gaditana fatty acids, omega-3, omega-6, lipid 156.1–273.9 °C, 6.6–23.4 min, 33–117 g/L GC-FID, SEM Soxhlet (n-hexane 100%)
[51]
Saccharina japonica gallic, caffeic, vanillic, syringic, chlorogenic, p-hydroxybenzoic acids, etc. antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS, total antioxidant (FRAP) 100–250 °C, 5 min, 5 MPa, 0.25–1.00 M ILs HPLC, UV convention (DMK 0.2%; DCM 0.3%; Et2O 0.8%; IL 1.6%) [52]
Haematococcus pluvialis p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid, siringic acid, vanillic acid, etc. antioxidant (ABTS, TEAC), antimicrobial activity 50–200 °C, 20 min,
10 MPa
HPLC-DAD-MS, SEM, GC-MS [53]
Momordica charantia
fruits TP, gallic acid, gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid antioxidant (ABTS) 130–200 °C, 10 MPa, 2–5 mL/min HPLC, UV Soxhlet (methanol 4.9%), UAE (methanol 4.0%) [132]
Morus nigra L., Teucrium chamaedrys L., Geranium macrorrhizum L., Symphytum officinale L. leaves, flowers TP, chlorogenic acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, etc. antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, cytotoxic 60–200 °C, 30 min, 1 MPa, 1:40g/mL HPLC-DADUV [133]
Prunus avium L., Prunus cerasus L. stems 3 alcohols, 10 organic acids, etc. antioxidant, antiproliferative 150 °C, 30 min, 2 MPa GC-MS, UV [134]
Castanea sativa nuts ellagic acid, feru lic acid, gallic acid, etc. antioxidant 120–135 °C,
15–60 min
HPLC [135]
Solanum tuberosum potato peel TP, gallic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, protocatechuic acid, etc. 100–240 °C,
30–120 min, 6 MPa
HPLC, UV convention (methanol 1.6%; ethanol 2.0%) [136]
Actinidia deliciosa pomace TP, chlorogenic acid, protocatechuic acid, etc. antioxidant (DPPH, FRAP, ABTS) 170–225 °C
10–180 min, 5 MPa
UV, HPLC, pH [137]
hypnea musciformis chlorogenic, protocatechuic, and gallic acids, TP, TF, etc. antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS), emulsify 120–270 °C, 10 min,
1:50–1:150 g/mL
pH, UV, HPLC [138]
Carica papaya L. papaya
seeds
TP, 18 phenolic acids, 20 flavonoids, 1 stilbene, etc. antioxidant (DPPH, β-carotene bleaching) 70–150 °C, 10 MPa, 1–40 min, 4 mL/min LC-ESI-MS/MS, UV Soxhlet (water 37.1%) [139]
Zingiber officinale ginger
rhizome
12 sugars, 8 diols, 4 phenolic acids, etc. antimicrobial, cytotoxic 150 °C, 1 h, 1:10 g/mL HPLC-ESI-TOFMS heating (water) [140]
Chlorella sp. microalgae TP, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid antioxidant (DPPH) 100–250 °C,
5–20 min
UV, SEM, HPLC [141]
Vitis vinifera vine-canes TP, flavonoids, phenolic acids, flavonols antioxidant, antiradical 125–250 °C, 50 min HPLC, UV [142]
Cinnamomum Cassia Blume cinnamon coumarin, cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol, etc. 110–130°C, 20–60 min, 2–4 MPa, 1:10 g/mL HPLC [143]