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. 2023 Jan 5;12(1):127. doi: 10.3390/antiox12010127

Table 1.

Extraction technologies and analytical techniques used to obtain and characterize polyphenol compounds from pomegranate peel.

Technology Extraction
Conditions
Identification Method Outcome Ref.
SL Diethyl ether; 80% methanol; water
1 h
Room temperature
Not indicated DE: 6.2 mg GAE/g
MW: 262.5 mg GAE/g
W: 82.5 mg GAE/g
[26]
SL Water/ethanol 1:1
Room temperature
24–48 h
RP-HPLC Identification of punicalagin A and B, ellagic acid [28]
USE Acetone (70%)
20 min at 30 °C
HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS Identification of seventy-nine phenolic compounds [32]
SL Water
60 °C for 30 min
RP/HPLC/ESI/
MS
Hydrolyzable tannins: 532.98 mg g−1
Condensed tannins: 471.81 mg g−1
[33]
SL
USE
IR
Deep eutectic solvents
50 °C for 90 min
HPLC SL: 13 mg/g DM
US: 114 mg/g DM
IR: 152 mg/g DM
[34]
MAE
USE
MAE: 50% aqueous ethanol
LSR: 60:1 mL/g
600 W for 4 min
UAE: water
LSR: 32.2:1 mL/g
Amplitude level: 39.8%
Pulse: 1.2/1 at 34.7 °C for 10 min
HPLC-UV–vis Punicalagin
MAE: 143.64 mg/g DM
USE: 138.8 mg/g DM
[35]
PLE Ethanol (77%)
200 °C
Pressure 1500 psi
for 20 min
HPLC-DAD-ESI-TOF/MS TPC: 164.3 ± 10.7 mg GAE/g DM
Punicalagin:
17 ± 3.6 mg/g DM
[36]
EASEEASCFE CK: cellulase, pectinase, and protease; (50:25:25)
at 3.8%, 49 °C
pH 6.7 for 85 min
HPLC-DAD-ESI–MS TPC: 301.53 mg GAE/g
Identification of gallic, caffeic, p-coumaric, ferulic, syringic, sinapic, and vanillic acids
[37]

Abbreviations: SL: solid-liquid extraction, USE: ultrasound-assisted extraction, IR: infrared extraction, MAE: microwave-assisted extraction, PLE: pressurized liquid extraction, EASE: enzyme-assisted solvent extraction, EASCFE: enzyme-assisted supercritical fluid extraction, CK: cocktail enzyme, DM: diethyl ether, MW: water/methanol, W: water, TPC: total polyphenol content, GAE: mg of gallic acid equivalent, DM: dry matter.