Obtaining extracts from Elaeagnus latifolia pulp using different environmentally friendly methods: Extraction kinetics, phenolic compounds content, and antioxidant activity.

Elaeagnus latifolia is an underutilized plant of the Elaeagnaceae family. The extraction of E. latifolia pulp was carried out from 30 to 120 min by different environmentally friendly extraction methods: agitation, percolation, Soxhlet, and ultrasound-assisted extraction with ethanol, and hydrodistillation. The extracts were analyzed for their total phenolic compounds, carotenoids and ascorbic acid contents, and antioxidant activity. The highest yield of extract, of 63.5 g/100 g of raw material (RM), in dry basis (db), total phenolic compounds, of 3.3 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g extract, and 2.042 mg GAE/g RM, and carotenoids, of 176.6 mg β-carotene equivalent/kg RM, were obtained by Soxhlet for 120 min. All the extracts presented similar antioxidant activity. Therefore, E. latifolia can be a source of compounds of interest to the food industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]