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. 2022 Oct 28;20(11):677. doi: 10.3390/md20110677

Table 4.

Supercritical-Fluid Extraction for carotenoids, fucoxanthin, and phlorotannins from macroalgae L. japonica and respective extraction yields.

Extraction Yield [mg/g]
Compounds	SC-CO₂	Sunflower Oil	Soybean Oil	Canola Oil	EtOH	H₂O
Carotenoids	0.85 ^a	1.20 ^a	1.20 ^a	1.30 ^a	1.10 ^a	0.20 ^a
	1.00 ^b	1.60 ^b	1.50 ^b	1.60 ^b	1.20 ^b	0.25 ^b
	0.98 ^c	2.20 ^c	2.00 ^c	2.2 ^c	1.10 ^c	0.25 ^c
Fucoxanthin	0.19 ^a	0.49 ^a	0.45 ^a	0.44 ^a	0.39 ^a	0.01 ^a
	0.25 ^b	0.60 ^b	0.48 ^b	0.50 ^b	0.41 ^b	0.02 ^b
	0.28	0.70	0.50	0.53	0.43	0.03 ^c
Phlorotannins	0.20 ^a	0.75 ^a	0.59 ^a	0.70 ^a	0.24 ^a	0.30 ^a
	0.25 ^b	---	---	---	0.31 ^b	0.50 ^b
	0.29 ^c	0.15 ^c	0.10 ^c	0.13 ^c	0.35 ^c	0.61 ^c

a: 45 °C/20 MPa; b: 50 °C/25 MPa; c: 55 °C/30 MPa.