FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 162-164.

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Extraction of Thymus quinpuecostatus Oil by Supercritial CO2 and Its Antioxidation Effects

 WANG  Di, XU  Hui   

  1. 1.Department of Food Science and Engineering, Bengbu College, Bengbu 233030, China; 2.Key Laboratory of Bioengineering, Bengbu College, Bengbu 233000, China
  • Online:2008-01-15 Published:2011-07-28

Abstract: The extract from Thymus quinpuecostatus was obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SFE-CO2) technique. Suitable technological conditions were obtained. The antioxidation effects of the thyme extract were also investigated in this experiment. The results showed that thyme oil has strong antioxidant actions in soybean oil. And it does not bring any bad effects on soybean oil favor.

Key words: Thymus quinpuecostatus, supercritical CO2, antioxidation