Nanomicellar Extraction of Polyphenols—Methodology and Applications Review

Abstract

The selection of the appropriate extraction method is crucial, especially for the receiving of active substances from plant material. The extraction using supercritical liquids and micellar-mediated extraction (MME) is the most advantageous among the alternative methods to classical solid–liquid extraction. However, the latter seems to be the best solution when the desired actives are polar. The following article presents a comprehensive review of the micellar-mediated extraction method in the last decade. The theoretical principle of the process was also refreshed and the current state of knowledge on the applications for analytical and manufacturing purposes was summarized.

Keywords

• micellar-mediated extraction
• cloud point extraction
• non-ionic surfactants
• biosurfactants
• IL-type surfactants
• polyphenols