title: Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Fucoidan from Marine Algae.
abstract: Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) is a technique that can be applied to extract compounds from different natural resources. In this chapter, the use of this technique to extract fucoidan from marine algae is described. The method involves a closed MAE system, ultrapure water as extraction solvent, and suitable conditions of time, pressure, and algal biomass/water ratio. By using this procedure under the specified conditions, the penetration of the electromagnetic waves into the material structure occurs in an efficient manner, generating a distributed heat source that promotes the fucoidan extraction from the algal biomass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands, S.I.Mussatto@tudelft.nl.
authors.forename: Solange I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Mussatto
mesh_terms: D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D004867:Equipment Design; D008872:Microwaves; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D012997:Solvents; C007789:fucoidan