Soxhlet extraction of solid materials: an outdated technique with a promising innovative future

MDL De Castro, LE Garcıa-Ayuso - Analytica chimica acta, 1998 - Elsevier
An overview of the evolution of Soxhlet extraction of solid materials and its comparison with
the performance of other conventional and new extraction techniques is presented. First, a …

Soxhlet extraction: Past and present panacea

MDL De Castro, F Priego-Capote - Journal of chromatography A, 2010 - Elsevier
An overview of Soxhlet extraction, the advantages and shortcomings of this centenary
technique as well as the attempts to improve its performance and achievements reached is here …

Ultrasound: a powerful tool for leaching

JL Luque-Garcıa, MDL De Castro - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
The applications of ultrasound as auxiliary energy for accelerating leaching processes are
reviewed to alert analysts to its advantages. The widely used batch systems are compared …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-assisted crystallization (sonocrystallization)

MDL De Castro, F Priego-Capote - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
The positive influence of ultrasound (US) on crystallization processes is shown by the dramatic
reduction of the induction period, supersaturation conditions and metastable zone width. …

Dynamic ultrasound-assisted extraction of oleuropein and related biophenols from olive leaves

…, JM Luque-Rodríguez, MDL De Castro - … of Chromatography A, 2006 - Elsevier
A continuous approach for the ultrasound-assisted extraction of olive biophenols (OBPs)
from olive leaves is proposed. Multivariate methodology was used to carry out a detailed …

Ultrasound-assisted soxhlet extraction: an expeditive approach for solid sample treatment: application to the extraction of total fat from oleaginous seeds

JL Luque-Garcıa, MDL De Castro - Journal of Chromatography A, 2004 - Elsevier
Conventional Soxhlet extraction assisted in the cartridge by ultrasound has been developed
and used to extract the total fat content from oleaginous seeds such as sunflower, rape and …

Towards more rational techniques for the isolation of valuable essential oils from plants

MDL De Castro, MM Jiménez-Carmona… - TrAC Trends in …, 1999 - Elsevier
Attention is drawn to the use of new and clean alternative methods for the isolation of essential
oils from plants. A critical overview is presented of conventional methods (based on either …

Role of lees in wine production: A review

JA Pérez-Serradilla, MDL De Castro - Food chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
The sometimes contradictory role attributed by scientists to lees in wine production is
discussed in this review. Studies dealing with the importance of lees in the natural removal of …

Sweat: A sample with limited present applications and promising future in metabolomics

A Mena-Bravo, MDL De Castro - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sweat is a biofluid with present scant use as clinical sample. This review tries to demonstrate
the advantages of sweat over other biofluids such as blood or urine for routine clinical …

Continuous subcritical water extraction as a useful tool for isolation of edible essential oils

RS Ayala, MDL De Castro - Food chemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
A method for extraction of oregano oil based on the use of subcritical water is proposed.
Ground oregano (ca. 1.8 g accurately weighed) was extracted with water at 2.0 MPa, 125 C and …