Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications
Essential oils (EOs) are highly valued in the cosmetic and food industries for their diverse properties. However, traditional extraction methods often result in low yields, inconsistent compositions, lengthy extraction times, and the use of potentially harmful solvents. Natural deep eutectic solvent...
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| description | Essential oils (EOs) are highly valued in the cosmetic and food industries for their diverse properties. However, traditional extraction methods often result in low yields, inconsistent compositions, lengthy extraction times, and the use of potentially harmful solvents. Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) have emerged as promising alternatives, offering advantages such as higher efficiency, cost-effectiveness, biodegradability, and tunable properties. This review explores the application of NADES in enhancing EO extraction, focusing on current methodologies, key insights, and practical applications. It examines the factors that influence EO extraction with NADES, including the optimization of their physicochemical properties, extraction techniques, operational conditions, and the role of sample pretreatment in improving efficiency. Additionally, this review covers the chemical characterization and biological activities of EOs extracted using NADES. By providing a comprehensive overview, it highlights the potential of NADES to improve EO extraction and suggests directions for future research in this field. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b961f517ae7a48ed82c4c4854baf358c2025-01-24T13:43:25ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492025-01-0130228410.3390/molecules30020284Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and ApplicationsLuis Acosta-Vega0Alejandro Cifuentes1Elena Ibáñez2Paula Galeano Garcia3Grupo de Investigación en Productos Naturales Amazónicos (GIPRONAZ), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia 180001, ColombiaLaboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, CSIC, Nicolás Cabrera 9, 28049 Madrid, SpainLaboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, CSIC, Nicolás Cabrera 9, 28049 Madrid, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Productos Naturales Amazónicos (GIPRONAZ), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia 180001, ColombiaEssential oils (EOs) are highly valued in the cosmetic and food industries for their diverse properties. However, traditional extraction methods often result in low yields, inconsistent compositions, lengthy extraction times, and the use of potentially harmful solvents. Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) have emerged as promising alternatives, offering advantages such as higher efficiency, cost-effectiveness, biodegradability, and tunable properties. This review explores the application of NADES in enhancing EO extraction, focusing on current methodologies, key insights, and practical applications. It examines the factors that influence EO extraction with NADES, including the optimization of their physicochemical properties, extraction techniques, operational conditions, and the role of sample pretreatment in improving efficiency. Additionally, this review covers the chemical characterization and biological activities of EOs extracted using NADES. By providing a comprehensive overview, it highlights the potential of NADES to improve EO extraction and suggests directions for future research in this field.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/284NADESessential oilscholine chloridevolatile compoundsGC-MS |
| spellingShingle | Luis Acosta-Vega Alejandro Cifuentes Elena Ibáñez Paula Galeano Garcia Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications Molecules NADES essential oils choline chloride volatile compounds GC-MS |
| title | Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications |
| title_full | Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications |
| title_short | Exploring Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) for Enhanced Essential Oil Extraction: Current Insights and Applications |
| title_sort | exploring natural deep eutectic solvents nades for enhanced essential oil extraction current insights and applications |
| topic | NADES essential oils choline chloride volatile compounds GC-MS |
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