title: Isolation of natural red colorants from fermented broth using ionic liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems.
abstract: There is a growing demand for natural colorants. This is prompting the search for new alternative and "benign" separation systems allowing higher recoveries, extraction yields, and selectivities. This work investigates the use of aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) based on ionic liquids as extraction processes for the recovery of red colorants from the fermented broth of Penicillium purpurogenum DPUA 1275. Several ATPS based on quaternary ammonium and imidazolium were studied in this work aiming at separating the red colorants produced from the remaining colorants and contaminant proteins present in the fermented broth. The results suggest that the red colorants can be isolated by an appropriate manipulation of some of the process conditions, such as the use of quaternary ammonium with short alkyl chains, alkaline media, and short tie-line lengths (extraction point systems with lower concentrations of ionic liquid). These conditions allow large partition coefficients for the red colorants (K red = 24.4 ± 2.3), high protein removal (60.7 ± 2.8 %) and selectivity parameters (S red/prot = 10.05).
authors: CICECO, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. spventura@ua.pt
authors: Sónia P M
authors: SP
authors: Ventura
authors: Valéria C
authors: VC
authors: Santos-Ebinuma
authors: Jorge F B
authors: JF
authors: Pereira
authors: Maria F S
authors: MF
authors: Teixeira
authors: Adalberto
authors: A
authors: Pessoa
authors: João A P
authors: JA
authors: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002021:Buffers; D003116:Color; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000378:metabolism*; D019357:Potassium Citrate; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water; D019357:Potassium Citrate