Original scientific paper DOI: 10.17508/CJFST.2022.14.2.07
Chemical profiles of less-volatile organic compounds from the Adriatic Sea macroalgae obtained by supercritical CO2 extraction
Ana-Marija Cikoš1, Krunoslav Aladić1,Stela Jokić1,Domagoj Živković2,Igor Jerković3*
1Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Franje Kuhača 18, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
3University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21000 Split, Croatia
| ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT |
| Article history: Received: July 20, 2022 Accepted: September 19, 2022 |
Due to the lack of less-volatile compounds composition data of macroalgal supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) extracts, the main goal of this study was to investigate their chemical profiles. SC-CO2 extraction (40 °C and 300 bar) was performed on seven macroalgal species including five brown (Halopteris filicina, Fucus virsoides, Dictyopteris polypodioides, Gongolaria barbata and Ericaria amentacea), one green (Codium bursa) and one red (Amphiroa rigida), that were collected from the Adriatic Sea. After the analysis by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, the results revealed that fatty acids were the main components of the extracts. Hexadecanoic acid was found as dominant fatty acid in most of the species, while 3-hexyl-4,5-dithiacycloheptanone was dominant in D. polypodioides. Performed phytochemical study contributes to the knowledge of less-volatile composition of analyzed species indicating that the “species biodiversity“ factor was the most influent regardless of classification to brown, green or red macroalgae. |
| Keywords: gas chromatography and mass spectrometry macroalgae supercritical CO2 extraction volatile compounds |