Research Article

Quality of Cosmetic Argan Oil Extracted by Supercritical Fluid Extraction from Argania spinosa L.

Table 5

Total tocopherol and β-carotene contents for the oil samples.

100 bar200 bar300 bar400 barSoxhlet

Total tocopherol content in mg/kg

35°C691.9639.7608.5671.9 642.3
45°C689.2615.2586.9598.3
55°C645.3698.8611.1603.8

β-Carotene content in mg/Kg

35°C20.320.117.820.316.4
45°C20.120.118.217.1
55°C20.821.518.518.7