Curcumin exhibits a range of pharmacological actions, including as antiviral, hepatoprotective, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Curcumin has a wide application in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) is an environmental friendly, efficient and clean extraction process to obtain high valuable compounds. Ultrasound assisted extraction is an promising technology for extraction of Curcumin and other bio-actives from turmeric. The UAE enhances the extraction process resulting in better yield with lower extraction time.

 

Advantages of Ultrasound assisted extraction:

 

• Non-thermal technology
• Low extraction time with higher yield
• High efficiency
• Low energy consumption
• Lower quantity of solventsrequired
• Easy to operate and maintain

 

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Shirsath et al. performed comparative study of conventional  extraction and UAE of  curcumin from Curcuma amada. At optimized conditions of  35 ℃, solid/solvent ratio of 1:25 (g/mL), particle size of 0.09 mm, 1 h extraction time, ultrasonic power of 250 W and ultrasound frequency of 22 kHz and ethanol as the solvent it was reported  to yield 72 % curcumin extraction yield whereas, the solvent extraction or maceration/soaking resulted in about  62 % yield in 8 h of treatment time. Thus overall it can be concluded that ultrasonic extraction can effectively applied to reduce the process time with enhanced extraction yields.

 

Why Choose RTUL?

 

• 40+ years of expertise in ultrasonic technology
• Solutions for small (150mL) to large-scale (100KL) processing
• Tailored optimization for your raw material for protein extraction

 

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We offer customer testing facilities to help you find the perfect ultrasonic solution for your needs. Let’s work together to enhance your protein extraction!

 

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