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 bar | 200 bar | 300 bar | 400 bar | Soxhlet |
| | Total tocopherol content in mg/kg |
| 35°C | 691.9 | 639.7 | 608.5 | 671.9 | 642.3 | 45°C | 689.2 | 615.2 | 586.9 | 598.3 | 55°C | 645.3 | 698.8 | 611.1 | 603.8 |
| | β-Carotene content in mg/Kg |
| 35°C | 20.3 | 20.1 | 17.8 | 20.3 | 16.4 | 45°C | 20.1 | 20.1 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 55°C | 20.8 | 21.5 | 18.5 | 18.7 |
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