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RESUMEN La extracción asistida por microondas (MAE por sus siglas en inglés) es una técnica eco amigable relativamente nueva que ha recibido una atención creciente debido a su menor tiempo de extracción y consumo de energía, mayor rendimiento de compuestos de interés y menor consumo de disolvente; a diferencia de técnicas convencionales de extracción, que implican elevados gastos de energía y tiempo. Así mismo, subproductos de industrias como cáscaras de cítricos, son desechados en grandes cantidades, no aprovechándose las propiedades funcionales sus compuestos. En esta investigación se realizó la extracción de aceite esencial a partir de cáscara de naranja, por microondas libre de solventes (SFME por sus siglas en inglés), a diferentes condiciones de potencia (400, 800 W, y sus combinaciones). El objetivo fue evaluar el efecto de las diferentes condiciones de proceso sobre el rendimiento del aceite esencial extraído, sobre su composición química y actividad antimicrobiana. Los más altos rendimientos de extracción correspondieron a los aceites extraídos a 400 W y a 800/400 W, siendo este último el que conllevó un menor gasto de energía y emisión de CO2. En general, todos los aceites extraídos presentaron los mismos compuestos mayoritarios (limoneno, β- mirceno, linalool y α- pineno), mientras que el aceite sometido a 400 W, presentó cantidades menores de 0,23% de 5 compuestos minoritarios adicionales. Sobre la actividad antimicrobiana, se detectó mayor actividad contra Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 19115) respecto a Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739) en todos los tratamientos.
ABSTRACT Microwave assisted extraction (MAE) is a relatively new ecofriendly technique that has received increasing attention due to its reduced extraction time and energy consumption, higher yield and lower solvent consumption; unlike conventional extraction techniques, which involve higher energy costs and greater time. Likewise, industry by-products such as citrus peels are disposed of in large quantities, thus functional properties of their compounds are left unused. In the present investigation, solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) was used to obtain orange peel essential oil at different power conditions (400, 800 W, and their combinations). The aim was to evaluate the effect of the process on the yield, composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil obtained. The highest extraction yields were obtained using powers of 400 and 800/400 W, corresponding the minor energy and CO2 emission generated to the latter. In general, all oils had the same major components (limonene, β- myrcene, linalool and α- pinene), with the oil obtained at 400 W having, in addition, five minor compounds, in amounts less than 0.23%. Regarding antimicrobial activity, in general, greater activity against L. monocytogenes (ATCC 19115) was detected in comparison with E. coli (ATCC 8739) in all treatments.
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For determination of albumin in urine, Bromcresol Green (BCG) was used as follows: stock BCG regent was diluted to 1:20, and 2.5 ml. of the reagent was added to 100 µl of specimen; the resulting reaction mixture was measured for optical density at 630 nm. The values of the routine Rebert’s Test and reagent strip (Albustix) were compared to those produced by the BCG method. The mean albumin values of the BCG method were 22.4, 54.6, 95.6, 180.4, 396.3 and 1,176.3 mg/dl which were comparable to the negative, trace, 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ values of the Robert’s Test, respectively. The mean albumin values of the BCG method were 26.3, 52.7, 96.3, 191.7, 476.1 and 1,273.1 mg/dl which were comparable to the negative, trace, 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ values of the Albustix, respectively. The albumin values from Albusix and the Robert’s Test could be estimated from this study.