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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Green Solvents for Extraction of Natural Food Colorants from Plants: Selectivity and Stability Issues.

Milena Tankova Tzanova, Zvezdelina Yaneva, Donika Ivanova, Monika Toneva, Neli Grozeva, Neli Memdueva

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Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Milena Tankova TzanovaFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Sciences, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-1306-0905
Zvezdelina YanevaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Animal Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-8159-4530
Donika IvanovaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Animal Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Monika TonevaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Animal Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Neli GrozevaFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Sciences, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-0401-6686
Neli MemduevaFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Sciences, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Trakia University · BG

Funding

Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Culture BG-RRP-2.004-0006-C02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consumers associate the color of food with its freshness and quality. More and more attention is being paid to natural colorants that bring additional health benefits to humans. Such natural substances are the carotenoids (yellow to orange), the anthocyanins (red to blue), and the betalains (red and yellow), which are very sensitive to exposure to light, air, high temperatures, and chemicals. Stability and diversity in terms of color can be optimized by using environmentally friendly and selective extraction processes that provide a balance between efficacy, safety, and stability of the resulting extracts. Green solvents like water, supercritical fluids, natural deep eutectic solvents, and ionic liquids are the most proper green solvents when combined with different extraction techniques like maceration, supercritical extraction, and ultrasound-assisted or microwave-assisted extraction. The choice of the right extracting agent is crucial for the selectivity of the extraction method and the stability of the prepared colorant. The present work reviews the green solvents used for the extraction of natural food colorants from plants and focuses on the issues related to the selectivity and stability of the products extracted.

Indexed as

anthocyaninsbetalainscarotenoidsgreen solventsplant colorantsselectivitystability

Identifiers

PMID38397582
PMCPMC10887973
OpenAlexW4391884191

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