Recent advances in squalene: Biological activities, sources, extraction, and delivery systems

L Cheng, T Ji, M Zhang, B Fang - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Squalene is a polyunsaturated triterpenoid compound present in various
organisms. Squalene has multiple biological activities, which makes it a potential new …

Could squalene be an added value to use olive by‐products?

R Martínez‐Beamonte, T Sanclemente… - Journal of the …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Squalene (SQ) is an intermediate hydrocarbon in the biosynthesis of phytosterols and
terpenes in plants. It is widely used for applications such as skin moisturizers, vaccines, or in …

Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiproliferative properties of grapefruit essential oil prepared by molecular distillation

W Deng, K Liu, S Cao, J Sun, B Zhong, J Chun - Molecules, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Grapefruit essential oil has been proven to have wide range of bioactivities. However,
bioactivity of its molecular distillate has not been well studied. In this study, a light phase oil …

Trends and applications of molecular distillation in pharmaceutical and food industries

EA Mahrous, MA Farag - Separation & Purification Reviews, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Molecular distillation (MD) is a physical separation method that was developed
for several applications in petrochemical, food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries …

A systematic review of mathematical modeling for molecular distillation technologies

ÁM Idárraga-Vélez, GA Orozco… - Chemical Engineering and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Molecular distillation is a separation technique used to separate thermosensible
compounds. This process is often used to obtain concentrates of value-added products. For …

Effectively improve the quality of camellia oil by the combination of supercritical fluid extraction and molecular distillation (SFE-MD)

D Zhou, Q Shi, J Pan, M Liu, Y Long, F Ge - Lwt, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstraction In this study, the combination of supercritical fluid extraction and molecular
distillation (SFE-MD) was used to improve the quality of camellia oil. A series of important …

Effect of processing on squalene content of grain amaranth fractions

S Srivastava, YN Sreerama, U Dharmaraj - Journal of Cereal Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Amaranth is one of the good squalene sources among the grains. The distribution of oil in
the grain amaranth varies, and hence, the grain was fractionated into endosperm rich and …

Efficacy mechanisms research progress of the active components in the characteristic woody edible oils

L Xu, W Wang, K Bai, Y Wu, Y Ling, X Kong… - Food …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Woody edible oils are a type of vegetable oil. Woody edible oils like olive oil have greater
quantities of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs), particularly essential FAs, as well as vitamin E …

A Review of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms Applied in Food Engineering

L Koop, NMV Ramos… - … Journal of Chemical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mathematical models that represent food processing operations are characterized by the
nonlinearity of their dynamic behavior with possible discrete events, the existence of several …

Separation of squalene from olive oil deodorizer distillate using short‐path molecular distillation

S Cetinbas, CE Gumus‐Bonacina… - Journal of the American …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Squalene was recovered from an olive oil deodorizer distillate (OODD) containing 40% of
squalene by a two‐step process. The first step was to esterify the free fatty acids (FFAs) to …