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Abstract
The extraction yield of fucoxanthin from Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a marine diatom, was investigated for 16 h as the functions of the kind of solvent, temperature, and solvent/diatom weight ratio. Acetone, ethanol, and ethyl acetate were used as solvents for the extractions. The extraction yield increased in a saturation manner with the extraction time when the extraction temperatures were 30°C and 40°C. However, the extraction yield increased with time in the early stage of the extraction; thereafter, it was stagnant or decreased with time in the late stage at 50°C, 75°C, and 85°C. The thermal deterioration would suppress the extraction yield in the late stage at those higher temperatures. The maximum extraction yield was obtained at 40°C and no significant benefit in the extraction yield was obtained when the extraction period was extended over 12 h. The extraction yield markedly increased when the solvent/diatom ratio increased from 3/1 to 6/1, but no marked benefit was obtained when the amount of solvent increased over the ratio of 6/1. Ethanol was the most effective solvent in the extraction of fucoxanthin, and the extraction yield was greater in the order of ethanol > acetone > ethyl acetate.
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