Publications by authors named "Sirine Atwi-Ghaddar"

Pomegranate ( L.) is a widely used fruit in the dietary supplement industry due to its richness in bioactive compounds. In this study, an experimental design was applied to optimize supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of polar compounds of interest (ellagic acid and punicalagins), known for antioxidant and skin care properties from pomegranate's pericarp.

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One of the many advantages of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) is the possibility of using it in sequential and selective approaches. This is due to the use of a dynamic extraction mode in addition to the possibility of altering the composition of the modifier during the extraction process. In this study, the optimization of L.

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The use of bioactive plant extracts in cosmetic products is a common practice. Most of these extracts are obtained by maceration in organic solvents, and depending on which solvents are used, the polarity and the structure of the target molecules will vary. Polyphenols are polar compounds that often display antioxidant and/or antibacterial activities.

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Chlorophyll pigments give the green colour to plants, which is a quality attribute of food and vegetables. However, the chemical structure of native chlorophyll can change during varied processes (drying, freezing, extraction) applied to plants, which produce degradation compounds that could have a brown and unwanted colour. Systematic experiments have been conducted in supercritical fluid chromatography with a C18 stationary phase to understand and model the chromatographic behaviour of the compounds with respect to the nature of the modifier (MeOH, ACN, and MeOH/ACN 50/50) and its percentage, from 10% to 100%.

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