The tomato lycopene extraction method includes crushing, filtering, centrifugation, centrifugation, and refining.

Crushing tomatoes into pulp can be done using equipment such as juicers or crushers. The crushed tomato pulp is filtered through a fine mesh filter to remove the peel, seeds and other impurities. The filtered tomato juice is centrifuged to further remove impurities such as pulp and cellular debris from it.

The centrifuged tomato juice was mixed with an organic solvent to dissolve lycopene in the organic solvent, and then the solvent was evaporated by means of heating or vacuum, etc., so as to obtain a concentrated lycopene extract. The concentrated lycopene extract is further separated and purified by column chromatography, film chromatography and the like to obtain high purity lycopene.

Extraction Techniques

1, choose high-quality raw materials: use ripe red tomatoes, because ripe tomatoes have higher lycopene content.

2, optimize the extraction conditions: in the extraction process, you can choose the appropriate organic solvent and extraction temperature according to the actual situation, in order to improve the solubility of lycopene and extraction efficiency.

3, column chromatography and film chromatography: in the refining process, suitable column chromatography and film chromatography methods can be selected according to the actual situation in order to further improve the purity and recovery of lycopene.

4, avoid light and high temperature: lycopene is sensitive to light and high temperature, so care should be taken to avoid light and high temperature during extraction and storage to avoid destroying the activity of lycopene.