Accepted Manuscript Accelerated solvent extraction of carotenoids from: Tunisian Kaki (Diospyros kaki L.), peach (Prunus persica L.) and apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Khalil Zaghdoudi, Steve Pontvianne, Xavier Framboisier, Mathilde Achard, Rabiga Kudaibergenova, Malika Ayadi-Trabelsi, Jamila Kalthoum-cherif, Régis Vanderesse, Céline Frochot, Yann Guiavarc’h PII: DOI: Reference:

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Accelerated solvent extraction of carotenoids from: Tunisian Kaki (Diospyros kaki L.),

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peach (Prunus persica L.) and apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

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Abbreviated running title suggested:

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Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) of carotenoids from kaki, peach and apricot.

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Khalil Zaghdoudi 1-3, Steve Pontvianne 1, Xavier Framboisier 1, Mathilde Achard 2,

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Rabiga Kudaibergenova 1, Malika Ayadi-Trabelsi 3, Jamila Kalthoum-cherif 3, Régis

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Vanderesse 2, Céline Frochot 1, Yann Guiavarc’h 1*

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Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (LRGP), UMR 7274, Université de Lorraine, ENSIC, 1 rue Grandville, 54001 Nancy, France

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Lorraine, ENSIC, 1 rue Grandville, 54001 Nancy, France

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Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire (LCPM), FRE 7568, Université de

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Laboratoire d'Application de la Chimie aux Ressources et Substances Naturelles et à l'Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, Tunisie

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*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed

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: +33 (0)3 83 17 51 90

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Fax: +33 (3)83 32 29 75

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: [email protected]

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Short title: “Accelerated solvent extraction of fruits carotenoids”

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Abstract: 150 words.

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Extraction of carotenoids from biological matrices and quantifications remains a difficult task.

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Accelarated Solvent Extraction was used as an efficient extraction process for carotenoids extraction

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from three fruits cultivated in Tunisia: Kaki ( Diospyros kaki L.), peach (Prunus persica L.) and apricot

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(Prunus armeniaca L.). Based on a Design of Experiment (DoE) approach, and using a binary solvent

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consisting of methanol and tetrahydrofurane, we could identify the best extraction conditions as

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being 40°C, 20:80 (v:v) methanol/tetrahydrofuran and 5 min of extraction time. Surprisingly and

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likely due to the high extraction pressure used (103 bars), these conditions appeared to be the best

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ones both for extracting xantophylls such as lutein, zeaxanthin or β-cryptoxanthin and carotenes

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such as β-carotene, which present quite different polarities. Twelve surface responses were

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generated for lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin and β-carotene in kaki, peach and apricot. Further

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LC-MS analysis allowed comparisons in carotenoids profiles between the fruits.

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Keywords: carotenoids, accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), Design of Experiment (DoE), kaki,

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peach, apricot.

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1. Introduction

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Over the last decades, the interest for natural & bioactive compounds such as carotenoids grew up,

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driven by the increase of consumers’ demand for healthy diets. Next to their coloring properties

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applied in food and cosmetic industry, carotenoids are involved in the prevention of several diseases

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such as cancers, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, cardiovascular diseases and other

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diseases related to low immune function (Perera & Yen, 2007). They provide photoprotection to the

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eye skin and photosynthetic organisms through the quenching of singlet oxygen and damaging of

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free radicals (Böhm, Edge & Truscott, 2012; Jomova & Valko, 2013). It is therefore not surprising that

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the current market value of commercially used carotenoids was estimated at nearly $1.2 billion in

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2010, with a chance to grow up to $1.4 billion in 2018 and a compound annual growth rate of 2.3%

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(BCC Research LLC, 2011). Except for canthaxanthin, whose use for colorization of salmonid fish and

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shrimps is likely to be strongly regulated or even forbidden in Europe, every other top 10 carotenoids

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markets (β-carotene > lutein > astaxanthin > capsanthin> annatto > canthaxanthin > lycopene > β-

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apo-8-carotenal > zeaxanthin > β-apo-8-carotenal ester) should increase by 2018. β-carotene, lutein

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and astaxanthin represent more than 80 % of the market value (BCC Research LLC, 2011).

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Carotenoids are lipid soluble pigments produced as secondary metabolites in fruits, vegetables,

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algae, fungi and some bacteria. Animal are incapable of carotenoids biosynthesis and hence depend

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on dietary carotenoids, which are more or less absorbed after their ingestion and, for some of them,

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converted to provitamin A. In food, carotenoids are generally C40 tetraterpenoids formed from eight

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C5 isoprenoid units joined head-to-tail, except at the center where a tail-to-tail linkage reverses the

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order, resulting in a symmetrical molecule (Rodriguez-Amaya & Kimura, 2004; Ibanéz, Herrero,

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Mendiola & Castro-Puyana, 2012). Carotenoids’ attractive color (red, yellow or orange) is due to their

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extended conjugated double-bond system, which constitutes the light absorbing chromophore that

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provides the visible absorption spectrum that serves as a basis for their identification &

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quantification. They can be divided in two groups: oxygenated carotenoids, called xanthophylls, and

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non-oxygenated carotenoids, called carotenes. To date, about 600 carotenoids have been identified

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in nature and humans have access to about 40 carotenoids through their diet, mainly through fruits

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and vegetables (Fernandez-Garcia, Carvajal-Lérida, Jarén-Galan, Garrido-Fernandez, Pérez-Galvez &

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Hornero-Méndez, 2012). Among these carotenoids, β-carotene, α-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, β-

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cryptoxanthin and lycopene are the most found in human diet with a good dietary intake and it was

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evaluated that 80-90 % of their intake was coming from fruits and vegetables in developed countries

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(Maiani et al., 2009).

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Many investigations on carotenoids were undertaken in order to better understand their chemistry

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and the health benefits due to the biological activity of these secondary metabolites. These studies

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were based on and contributed to the development of various extraction and identification methods

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of carotenoids and their related isomers in food matrices such as fruits & vegetables but also algae

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and some bacteria (Amorim-Carrilho, Cepeda, Fente & Regal, 2014). As lipophilic compounds,

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carotenoids are insoluble in water and show a high solubility in organic solvents. Carotenes are for

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instance highly soluble in petroleum ether, hexane and toluene while xanthophylls dissolve better in

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methanol and ethanol (Rodrigez-Amaya, 2001).

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Over the last 50 years many efforts were put on the development of improved carotenoids

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extraction processes as well as on their better identification through various analytical methods.

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However, reproducible extraction/quantification of such pigments from various & complex biological

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food matrices still remains a complex, time and cost demanding task (Amorim-Carrilho, Cepeda,

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Fente, Regal, 2014; Taylor, Brackenridge, Vivier & Oberholster, 2006; Kimura & Rodriguez-Amaya,

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2002). Carotenoids are relatively stable in the matrix, but in solution they may be very sensitive to

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light, heat, acid or oxygen exposure and they can undergo isomerization during extraction/analysis

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(Dias, Oliveira, Camoes, Nunes, Versloot & Hulshof, 2010; Zerlotti Mercadante, 1999). In a general

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manner, short extraction time and protection from light and oxygen are therefore necessary for

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reliable quantifications. Carotenoids can be found in their free form (carotenes) or in a more stable

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fatty-acid esterified form (xanthopylls). These compounds are frequently analyzed after

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saponification, which is an extraction step aimed at removing chlorophylls and lipids to release

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carotenoids in a clean preparation for analysis, free from conjugated forms, fatty acids and lipids that

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make the chromatography separation difficult (Murillo et al., 2013).

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As far as possible, and due to their moderate to high hydrophobicity, conventional extractions of

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carotenoids requires the use of organic solvents, which is costly, not environmentally friendly and

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somewhat contradictory with the “green touch” associated with these natural compounds. Usually,

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non-polar solvents, such as hexane or THF, are a good choice for extraction of non-polar (carotenes)

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or esterified carotenoids, while polar solvents, such as methanol, ethanol and acetone, are more

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appropriate for extraction of polar carotenoids (xanthophylls). Different extractions processes and

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chromatographic methods to assay carotenoids in food matrices were the topic of several recent

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reviews (Amorim-Carrilho, Cepeda, Fente, Regal, 2014; Arvayo-Enriquez, Mondaca-Fernandez,

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Gortarez-Moroyoqui, Lopez-Cervantes & Rodriguez Ramirez, 2013; Mustafa & Turner, 2011). In a

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brief and non-exhaustive way, three main categories of extraction technics are reported in the

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literature, which are (i) the atmospheric liquid extraction with Soxhlet, maceration or ultrasound

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methods (Mezzomo, Maestri, dos Santos, Maraschin, Ferreira, 2011), (ii) the PLE for pressurized

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liquid extraction, also known as accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) and so called in this study

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(Mustafa, Mijangos Trevino, Turner, 2012; Breithaupt, 2003), and (iii) the supercritical fluid

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extraction, which is often based on the use of supercritical CO2 as solvent with slight use of organic

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cosolvent such as ethanol (Guedes et al. 2013).

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Liquid extraction technics at atmospheric pressure are often time-demanding but the Soxhlet

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method, which is based on the recirculation of the organic solvent through the sample, using phase

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transition (evaporation-condensation), can reduce the amount of organic solvent to be used. ASE, is

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an interesting alternative to extractions at atmospheric pressure since it makes use of pressure

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vessels containing the sample to be extracted and high constant pressure (often 103 bars), which

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greatly facilitates the penetration of the extracting solvent, in a liquid form even when working

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above its boiling temperature, through the food matrix. This drastically speeds up the extraction

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process while decreasing the amount of solvent to be used (Mendiola, Herrero, Cifuentes & Ibanez,

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2007). Automated laboratory scale equipments have been designed, which allow a perfect control of

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pressure, temperature, time of extraction, and solvent composition together with the possibility to

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program an extraction run for up to 24 samples placed in high pressure stainless-steel vessels where

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they are protected from light and oxygen. Finally, the increasing use of supercritical CO2 as totally

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inert, recyclable and non-toxic solvent for carotenoids extraction, after few decades of evolution, is

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now used both at the laboratory and industrial scales. The possibility to tune CO2 properties (density,

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viscosity, diffusivity) by playing on pressure & temperature makes it possible to produce “organic

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solvent-free” essential oils/oleoresins, mainly from vegetal matrices. But this extraction method is

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somewhat less selective than extractions based on organic solvents and still requires the use of

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about 10% w/w of ethanol as cosolvent and further liquid/liquid extractions for carotenoids isolation.

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Despite its interesting features, in the last 10 years, only few research papers on carotenoids

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extraction using ASE were published and the first paper dealing with the use of ASE in molecules

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extraction from food matrices is still quite recent (Breithaupt, 2004). ASE was for instance used for

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extraction of carotenoids from carrot by-products (Mustafa, Trevino & Turner, 2012), from peppers

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(Barbero, Palma, Barroso, 2006), from beverages, tomato paste and cereals (Breithaupt, 2004), and

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from microalgae (Koo, Cha, Song, Chung & Pan, 2012; Cha, Lee, Koo, Song, Lee & Pan, 2010; Denery,

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Dragull, Tang & Li, 2004). Unfortunately, these articles do not describe accurately the food matrices

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submitted to extraction processes. For instance, humidity of fresh (non-dehydrated) tissues minced

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in homogenizers is never given, which can however greatly influence the extraction performances.

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With regards to dehydrated samples, information is also limited to the fact that pieces of the food

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matrix are freeze-dried and then grinded in order to obtain a powder whose granulometry is not

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studied. However, granulometry is of obvious importance on the packing surface area (expressed in

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m-1 as a result of powder surface area divided by the high pressure cell volume) and therefore on the 6

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contact between the food matrix and the solvent with direct effect on extraction performances.

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Granulometry below 0.5 mm is recommended by ASE equipment manufacturers (Thermo Fisher

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Scientific, 2013).

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The aim of this investigation is to use ASE for determining the major carotenoids content of three

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fruits cultivated in Tunisia and known for their richness in carotenoids pigments: kaki also known as

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kaki/Japanese/Asian Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.), peach (Prunus persica L.), apricot (Prunus

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armeniaca L.). After an accurate description of our samples preparation, the influence of extraction

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temperature, solvent composition and number of extraction cycles on extraction yields of

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carotenoids will be investigated through an experimental design, focusing on four standard

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carotenoids: three xanthopylls in all-trans form (lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin) and one

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carotene (all-trans-β-carotene). Based on LC-MS analysis, recommendations will finally be provided

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for the ASE extraction of other carotenoids identified in the three fruits matrices.

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2. Material and Methods

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2.1. Chemicals

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All-trans-β-carotene (Type II synthetic, purity > 95%), all-trans-lutein from marigold & all-trans-β-

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cryptoxanthin (purity > 97%), all-trans-zeaxanthin (purity > 95%), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT,

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purity ≥ 99%) and triethylamine (TEA, purity ≥ 99%) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Shnelldorf,

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Germany). HPLC organic solvents were of analytical grade: methanol (MeOH) was from Carlo Erba

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(Val-de-Reuil, France), methyl-tert-butyl-ether (MTBE) was from Fisher Scientific (Loughborough, UK),

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petroleum ether (PE) was from VWR Prolabo (Fontenay-sous-Bois, France). Ultrapure water was

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obtained from a purified water system Arium® 611UV from Sartorius (Göttingen, Germany) with a

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resistivity of 18,2 MΩ*cm. Sodium chloride (NaCl, purity > 99%) and potassium hydroxide (KOH,

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purity > 99%) were obtained from VWR Prolabo (Fontenay-sous-Bois, France). Florisil 100-200 mesh

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(Sigma-Aldrich, Shnelldorf, Germany). Liquid Nitrogen was from Air Liquide (Nancy, France).

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2.2. Plant materials

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The present study focused on three fruits cultivated in Tunisia, Diospyros kaki L. (persimmon var.

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Triumph from the North region), Prunus persica L. (peach var. Caramel from the North region), and

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Prunus armeniaca L. (apricot var. Chachi from the Middle region). For each specie, 27 fruits were

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harvested at full maturity from three selected trees. . 2.3. Samples preparation & characterization

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Selected fruits were immediately washed with distillated water and placed in hermetical polystyrene

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boxes in which we added some liquid nitrogen in order to prevent oxidation reactions, before to be

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stored at -20°C.. Five kg of each whole fruits (flesh and peal) were manually cut into approximately 2

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g pieces, frozen at -80°C and at once freeze-dried during 48 hours with a pilot CryoTec freeze-dryer

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(Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, France) with a separated cold trap at -70°C, plates temperature set to -20°C and

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a working pressure of 15 Pa. Freeze-dried fruits pieces were then placed in a desiccator containing

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P2O5 in order to prevent water sorption. They were weighted before and after dessication for dry

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matter % determination. After freeze-drying, fruits pieces were immediately grounded with a

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Moulinex coffee grinder (Ecully, France). Small amount of liquid nitrogen were added to prevent

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oxidation during grinding. Powders were stored in a desiccator containing P2O5 in order to prevent

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water sorption and their residual water content was measured after 24 h at 105°C. Particle size

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distribution of fruits powders were measured through dynamic light scattering with a Malvern

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Mastersizer 2000 apparatus (Malvern, UK) in absolute ethanol.

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2.4. Accelerated Solvent Extraction process

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All Carotenoid extraction experiments were carried out in a static mode with a Dionex ASE 350

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extractor (Salt Lake City, UT, USA), using 12 stainless steel cells of 22 mL volume. 60 mL amber vials

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were used for extracts collection. Common extraction parameters were as follows: (i) 2 g of fruit

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powder was loaded into the cell and residual cell volume was partially filled with 2 mm glass beads;

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(ii) the cell was filled with solvent to a pressure of 1500 psi (103 bars); (iii) heat was applied for a

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initial heat-up time of 5 min; (iv) static extraction with all system valves closed was performed with a 8

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5 min cycle time; (v) the cell was rinsed with 60% of the cell volume with extraction solvent (in case

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of 5 static cycles were applied, this 60% of the cell volume was then automatically divided in five

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times 12% of the cell volume); (vi) the solvent was purged from the cell with N2 gaz for 60 s; and (vii)

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the system was depressurized. Extraction solvents, methanol (MeOH) and THF, were degassed for 30

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min by ultrasonic bath Sonoclean ® Labo Moderne (Paris, France) before use. For Kaki powder 1 g of

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Florisil was added as dispersing agent. Although methanol is a toxic solvent, we decided to use it in

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combination with THF because (i) it was shown to be highly efficient and more efficient than ethanol

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for carotenoids extractions when used in combination with THF (Rivera & Canela, 2012) and (ii)

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because the use of ASE does not require large amounts of organic solvents as compared to

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extractions at atmospheric pressure. Besides, we decided to use methanol combined with THF in

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various proportions in order to tune the polarity of our solvent mixture in the perspective of

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xanthophylls (polar carotenoids) extraction. Last but not least, the purpose of the present study is to

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provide a convenient method for the identification of the carotenoids content in small samples of

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kaki, peach and apricot powders. The objective is not to generate a large scale extraction method,

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which would consume large amounts of methanol. This would be contradictory with the aim to limit

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the use of toxic organic solvents. It is however obvious that, for preparative extractions of large

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amounts of carotenoids from fruits, only food compatible organic solvent such as ethanol should be

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used.

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2.5. Soxhlet extraction

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In order to evaluate the efficiency of the extraction of carotenoids using the ASE extraction method,

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we used a reference extraction method based on a classical soxhlet extraction. This type of

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extraction based on the use of organic solvents at atmospheric pressure is indeed often used as a

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reference method leading to a total extraction of carotenoids. Two grams of orange colored fruit

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powder were mixed with two grams of florisil 100-200 mesh and submitted to a soxhlet extraction

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with 250 mL of solvent (MeOH:THF, 1:1, v/v) during 6 hours at 66°C (boiling temperature of THF at

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atmospheric pressure) up to stabilization of the extract absorbance and strong discoloration of the

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fruit sample, which turned clear grey. ASE extraction yields were calculated as a percentage, taking

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soxhlet extraction results as a reference.

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2.6. Experimental design

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For each fruit and carotenoid, a two factors-two levels full factorial design with additional central

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points was applied with JMP 10 software from SAS Institute Inc. (Cary, NC, USA). Temperature was

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set to 40°C, 60°C, or 80°C; volume % of MeoH in the MeOH:THF binary solvent was set to 20, 60 or

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100 %. This design contained 7 experiments (4 corner points, 3 central points). For each of the three

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fruits, experiments were performed in triplicates leading to 7*3=21 extractions (total of 63

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extractions for the three fruits). Responses to optimize were the respective concentrations, C, in

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each carotenoid, expressed in µg/g fruit powder. For all-trans-lutein, all-trans-zeaxanthin, all-trans-β-

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cryptoxanthin and all-trans-β-carotene, surface responses resulting from a first order linear model

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with simple interaction, as introduced in equation 1, were plotted together with experimental points

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using Matlab 7.1 software from MathWorks (Natick, Ma, USA). Significance of residuals normality

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was tested using a Shapiro-Wilk test with a α risk of 0.05. Equation 1 is:

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‫ ܶ ∙ ܽ = ܥ‬+ ܾ ∙ ‫ ܯ‬+ ܿ ∙ ܶ ∙ ‫ ܯ‬+ ܿ‫݁ݐݏ‬

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Where C is the concentration found in the fruit powder sample (µg/g fruit powder); T is the

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temperature (°C); M is the % methanol in the binary solvent methanol/MTBE; a, b, c and d are

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coefficients to identify.

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2.7. Standards preparation and calibration curve

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All standards stock solutions were prepared and kept under nitrogen atmosphere at -20°C until

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analysis. All-trans-β-carotene (5 mg) was dissolved in 50 mL of hexane, all-trans-β-crypthoxanthin (1

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mg) was dissolved in 10 mL of hexane, all-trans-zeaxanthin (1 mg) was dissolved in 10 mL of

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chloroform and all-trans-lutein (1 mg) was dissolved in 10 mL of absolute ethanol. Accurate

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concentration of the stock solution was measured with a Shimadzu UV 3600 spectrophotometer

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(Kyoto, Japan) using appropriate extinction coefficient (ε) in L.mol−1.cm−1 and wavelength (nm) for

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each standards as follows: all-trans-β-carotene-2592 at 450 nm in hexane (John Scott, Finglas, Seale,

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Hart & de Froidmont-Görtz, 1996); all-trans-zeaxanthin-2480 at 451 nm in hexane (Hart & John Scott,

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1995), all-trans-lutein-2550 at 445 nm in ethanol and all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin- 2460 at 451 nm in

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hexane (Heinonen, Ollilainen, Linkola, Varo & Koivistoinen, 1989).

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subdivided into 1 mL aliquots, transferred in amber vials and stored under nitrogen atmosphere at -

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20 °C before analysis. Working solutions of each standard were daily prepared from aliquots and

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absorbance was checked. Dilution were made in HPLC injection solvent (MeOH:MTBE, 1:1, v/v) with

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addition of 0.1 % BHT (w/v) in order to prevent oxidation. Standards curves were built with seven

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different concentrations for each carotenoid (1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.5, 3.3, 5, 10 µg/mL)

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2.8. Preparation of carotenoids ASE and soxhlet extracts

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Pressurized liquid carotenoid extracts and soxhlet extracts were prepared for HPLC analysis according

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to the method described by Dias & al. (2010) with slight modifications and was conducted under

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limited light. At first, ASE extract was homogenized with a vortex (Scientific Industries Inc., New York,

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U.S.A ) at 13,500 rpm during 1 min before being filtered under vacuum through a AP 25 glass fiber

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filter disc of 2 µm porosity (Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany). Then, 10 mL of the filtrate was added to

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10 mL of 10 % (w/v) aqueous sodium chloride solution and carotenoids were transferred to a 10 mL

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petroleum ether phase containing 0.1 % BHT (w/v) using a liquid-liquid extraction. This liquid/liquid

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extraction was repeated at least 3 times in order to achieve a total transfer of carotenoids toward

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the petroleum ether phase (extract was then totally discolored). Organic phase was subsequently

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washed three times with 10 mL of ultrapure water in order to remove residual NaCl traces under

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neutral pH. Petroleum ether was then evaporated at 30 °C under nitrogen flow using a Turbo Vap®

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LV (Biotage AB, Uppsala, Sweden). The residue was rapidly dissolved in 5 mL of mobile phase

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(MeOH:MTBE, 1:1, v/v) containing 0.1 % BHT (w:v) and filtered through 0.45 µm PVDF syringe filters

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(Pall Life Sciences, Ann Arbor, PN, USA). Then 2 mL of the filtered solution was mixed with 1 mL of

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MeOH containing 0.1% BHT (w/v) and saponified with 1 mL of 20 % (w/v) methalonic KOH solution

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under nitrogen, in the dark, for 1 h, at room temperature. Finally 20 µL of the saponified sample was

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injected for HPLC analysis.

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2.9. LC-PDA and LC-PDA-MS analysis.

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Carotenoids analyses were performed by reverse phase chromatography on a Shimadzu HPLC

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equipment consisting of a LC-20 AD pump, CBM-20A controller, CTO-20A oven and SPD-M20A PDA

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detector at 450 nm (Shimadzu, France). We used a 2504.6 mm ID S-5 µm YMC C30 columm

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coupled with a 104.0 mm ID S-5µm guard cartridge columm (ImChem, Versailles, France). Analysis

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was performed at 25°C. Mobile phase consisted in a gradient of MeOH (A), and MTBE (B). Both

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solvent A and B contained 0.1% BHT (w/v). . Flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. The gradient profile of the

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mobile phase was set as follows: linear increasing gradient from 5% B to 30 % B in 30 min; linear

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increasing gradient from 30 % B to 50 % B in 20 min; decreasing from 50 % B to 5 % B in 0.01 min.

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The column was equilibrated for 10 min at the starting conditions before each injection. Before each

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batch of HPLC analysis, stabilization time of the columm was 30 min, and a blank (MeOH: MTBE, 1:1,

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v/v) was injected. A mixture of our four standards (all-trans-lutein, all-trans-zeaxanthin, all-trans-β-

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cryptoxanthin, all-trans-β-carotene) was injected, every 4 samples, in order to control eventual

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retention times deviations.

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In order to identify additional carotenoids and compare the fruits carotenoids profiles, LC-PDA-MS

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runs were performed in positive APCI mode with a Shimadzu LCMS-2020 mass spectrometer

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(Shimadzu, France). A scanning rate of 2143 u/s was used in the range 50-2000 amu. Nebulizing gaz

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flow was fixed to 1.5 mL/min. Interface voltage and temperature were 4.5 kV and 250°C,

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respectively. The elution profile of the mobile phase was the same as with HPLC alone. The column

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2.10. Limits of detection and quantification

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The detection and quantification (LOD and LOQ) were determined for all standards according to a

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US-EPA method (Hubaux & Vos, 1970). LOD and LOQ were calculated as [6*sa0 /a] and [10*sa0 /a]

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respectively, with sa0 and a the standard deviation on the intercept and the slope of the calibration

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curve, respectively.

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3. Results and discussion

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3.1. Sample characterization prior to ASE

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Particle size distribution (see additional figure not included in the manuscript) of the three fruits

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powders showed that these powders are almost totally (> 95% of the total volume) made of particles

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below 500 µm as recommended for ASE extractions on powder. Particles size ranged from 1 µm to

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about 1000 µm. Based on triplicates, measured moisture content of fruits (skin + flesh) , expressed as

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g of water per 100 g of fresh weight, were found to be 77.66 ± 1.63 %, 85.85 ± 2.79 % and 87.00 ± 5.08

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% for kaki (Diospyros kaki), peach (Prunus persica) and apricot (Prunus armeniaca), respectively. The

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significantly lower water content of kaki as compared to peach and apricot is in accordance with data

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from the Danish food composition databank (www.foodcomp.dk), which indicates that this lower

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water content is balanced by a higher carbohydrate content of about 23 g/g of fresh product in kaki

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against only about 10 g/g of fresh product in peach and apricot. This could explain why we

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experienced clogging when running preliminary ASE experiments with kaki powder, especially at

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80°C. In order to prevent this clogging (sticky aspect at the bottom of the extraction cell) we

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therefore mixed our 2 g of kaki powder with 1 g of florisil (100-200 mesh).

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3.2. Calibration curves and quantifications

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R² values of 0.99 were achieved with the four quantified carotenoids. Limit of quantification

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(detection) were found to be 0.41 (0.25), 0.21 (0.13), 0.25 (0.15) and 0.63 (0.38) µg/mL for all-trans-

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lutein at 11.9 min, all-trans-zeaxanthin at 14.2 min, all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin at 22.9 min, and all-

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trans-β-carotene at 33.9 min, respectively.

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3.3. Carotenoids extraction in kaki, peach and apricot

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Table 1 lists the surfaces responses model coefficients and their associated p-value for each fruit-

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carotenoid combination. Figure 1 presents the experimental points and surfaces responses

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representing the amount, in µg, of all-trans-lutein (1a, 1b, 1c) and all-trans-zeaxanthin (1d, 1e, 1f)

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extracted per g of fruit powder. Figure 2 presents the experimental points and surfaces responses

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representing the amount, in µg, of all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin (2a, 2b, 2c) and all-trans-β-carotene (2d,

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2e, 2f) extracted per g of fruit powder. Figure 3 presents carotenoids profiles obtained by HPLC with

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kaki, peach and apricot, after extraction under the optimal conditions identified in our experimental

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domain. In any cases, the variability of carotenoids extractions as a function of temperature and % of

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methanol in the solvent could be appropriately explained by a first order linear model with

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interaction between temperature and methanol % (R²-values ranging from 0.77 up to 0.92). p-values

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much lower than 0.05 showed that temperature, % methanol but also the interaction between these

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two factors clearly influenced the extraction yield whatever the fruits and carotenoids under

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concern.

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Several observations can be made from the surface responses. At first, when using a high extraction

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temperature (80°C), the binary solvent composition did not influence the carotenoids extraction,

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whatever the fruit. Similarly when using 100% methanol as a solvent, excepted with all-trans-β-

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carotene in apricot, temperature did not or slightly affected the extraction of carotenoids. In addition

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and surprisingly, both xanthophylls, whether they are dioxygenated (all-trans-lutein and all-trans-

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zeaxanthin) or monoxygenated (all-trans-β-crypotoxanthin), and all-trans-β-carotene, were all better

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extracted using MeOH:THF, 20:80, v/v, at 40°C. With regard to the solvent, we expected (i) a better

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extraction of xanthophylls with higher proportions (60 or 100%) of the protic and polar solvent that is

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methanol; (ii) a better extraction of all-trans-β-carotene when using higher proportions of the aprotic

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and moderately polar solvent that is THF. Nevertheless it was not the case as presented in figures 1

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and 2, which clearly show that, at 40°C and when using high pressure extraction (103 bars), THF is a

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more efficient solvent than methanol for xanthophylls as well as for a carotene such as all-trans-β-

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carotene.

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Although carotenoids content of a fruit can be affected by many factors such as variety, agronomic

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technics and climatic conditions, post-harvest conditions and resulting maturity, our results are quite

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in accordance with recent published studies where liquid extractions at atmospheric pressures were

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used in place of ASE extraction (see Table 2). For instance, based on a recent analysis of carotenoids

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content in 32 different astringent kaki cultivars where carotenoids content was expressed in µg / 100

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g of fresh weight, and considering a % dry matter of 23 %, it was found that all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin,

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followed by all-trans-zeaxanthin, were the most abundant carotenoids in kaki, which we also

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observed in our astringent Diospyros kaki L. var. Triumph (Zhou, Zhao, Sheng, Tao & Yang, 2011). In

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peach we observed that all-trans-β-carotene, followed by all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin, were the most

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abundant carotenoids, which is in accordance with recent data from Campbell & Padilla-Zakour on

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three different peach varieties (2013). In apricot, as currently and recently observed (Fratianni,

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Albenese, Mignogna, Cinquenta, Panfili & Di Matteo, 2013), all-trans-β-carotene is by far the most

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abundant carotenoid with more than 70 % of the sum of all-trans-lutein, all-trans-zeaxanthin, all-

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trans-β-cryptoxanthin and all-trans-β-carotene. In addition and according to table 2 it seems that

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ASEis an appropriate method in order to achieve a better extraction of all-trans-lutein, as compared

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to extractions at atmospheric pressures observed by other authors. But this higher concentration of

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lutein that we observed can also be due to other steps such as the way we performed our transfer of

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extracted lutein in petroleum ether, the way we performed our saponification step which is crucial to

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hydrolyze lutein esters and therefore detect lutein, and finally the HPLC conditions. We used a

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250*4.6 mm C30 column with a long gradient program, which is much more resolutive as compared

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to a C18 column with similar dimensions. With a C18 column, when one attempts to separate both 15

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polar (xanthophylls) and non polar (carotenes) carotenoids in one single HPLC run, it is difficult to

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find appropriate gradient and highly polar xanyhophylls such as lutein may be not retained by the

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column, being directly lost in the injection peak without possible quantification. In our case, as

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presented below, we could for instance also detect violaxanthin, which is more polar than lutein.3.4.

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Influence of extraction cycles number on extraction yield

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In order to assess the influence of the number of static extraction cycles on carotenoids extraction

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yields, we performed extractions based on 1 or 5 static extraction cycles under the best conditions

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identified in our experimental domain (Methanol : THF, 20:80, v/v and 40 °C). Table 3 shows average

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and standard deviations of the extraction yields (n=3) and mention whether the difference between

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these average yields is significant or not (p

Accelerated solvent extraction of carotenoids from: Tunisian Kaki (Diospyros kaki L.), peach (Prunus persica L.) and apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.).

Extraction of carotenoids from biological matrices and quantifications remains a difficult task. Accelerated solvent extraction was used as an efficie...
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