Extraction of weak hydrophobic sulforaphane from broccoli by salting-out assisted hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent extraction

Wen wen Deng, Xue ping Mei, Zi jun Cheng, Tian xiang gan, Xuan Tian, Jiang nan Hu, Chuan ru Zang, Bo Sun, Jing Wu, Yin Deng, Reza A. Ghiladi, George H. Lorimer, Gizem Keceli, Jun Wang

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Abstract

In order to extract sulforaphane (SFN) from broccoli via green and efficient ways, a novel method based on salting-out assisted deep eutectic solvent (DES) has been developed. Compared to known organic solvent- (such as dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, n-hexane, etc.) based liquid–liquid extraction, this new N8881Cl-based DES method exhibited excellent extraction efficiency for SFN, including a significant improvement due to the salting-out effect of KH2PO4. Under optimal conditions, 97.77 % of SFN was extracted by N8881Cl-EG DES and more than 82.5 % of SFN was recovered by activated carbon from DES. In addition, further studies with Kamlet-Taft parameters and density functional theory showed that the H-bond accepting capacity of hydrophobic DES, the existing vdW interaction, and the electrostatic interaction between N8881Cl-EG DES all contributed to efficient extraction of SFN. This is the first time that the underlying mechanism for SFN extraction by DES was revealed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number134817
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume405
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 30 2023

Keywords

  • 1,4- Butanediol (PubChem CID 8064)
  • Broccoli
  • Deep eutectic solvent
  • Density functional theory
  • Ethylene glycol (PubChem CID 174)
  • Glycerol (PubChem CID 753)
  • Hydrophobic
  • Kamlet-Taft parameters
  • Lidocaine (PubChem CID 3676)
  • Methyl trioctyl ammonium chloride (PubChem CID 21218)
  • N-capric acid (PubChem CID 2969)
  • N-octanoic acid (PubChem CID 379)
  • Sulforaphane
  • Sulforaphane (PubChem CID 5350)
  • Thymol (PubChem CID 6989)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Food Science

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