Encarnación Ruiz

Prof. Encarnación Ruiz

Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Ambiental y de los Materiales, Universidad de Jaen, Jaen, Spain
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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2008 in Bioresource Technology
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CCCristóbal Cara
Cristóbal Cara
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Encarnación Ruiz
JOJosé Miguel Oliva
José Miguel Oliva
FSFelicia Sáez
Felicia Sáez
ECEulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro

1 February 2006 in Process Biochemistry
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CCCristóbal Cara
Cristóbal Cara
Encarnación RuizEncarnación Ruiz
Encarnación Ruiz
IBIgnacio Ballesteros
Ignacio Ballesteros
MNMaría José Negro
María José Negro
ECEulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro

1 May 2008 in Fuel
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CCCristóbal Cara
Cristóbal Cara
Encarnación RuizEncarnación Ruiz
Encarnación Ruiz
MBMercedes Ballesteros
Mercedes Ballesteros
Paloma ManzanaresPaloma Manzanares
Paloma Manzanares
MNMaría José Negro
María José Negro
ECEulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro

1 January 2008 in Enzyme and Microbial Technology
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Encarnación RuizEncarnación Ruiz
Encarnación Ruiz
CCCristóbal Cara
Cristóbal Cara
Paloma ManzanaresPaloma Manzanares
Paloma Manzanares
MBMercedes Ballesteros
Mercedes Ballesteros
ECEulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro

1 June 2007 in Process Biochemistry
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CCCristóbal Cara
Cristóbal Cara
MMManuel Moya
Manuel Moya
IBIgnacio Ballesteros
Ignacio Ballesteros
MNMaría José Negro
María José Negro
AGAlberto González
Alberto González
Encarnación RuizEncarnación Ruiz
Encarnación Ruiz

1 March 2019 in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
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CMCarlos Martínez
Carlos Martínez
BGBeatriz Gullón
Beatriz Gullón
IRINMACULADA Romero
INMACULADA Romero
Encarnación RuizEncarnación Ruiz
Encarnación Ruiz
MBMladen Brnčić
Mladen Brnčić
ECEulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro
Olive tree pruning biomass (OTP) and olive mill leaves (OML) are the main residual lignocellulosic biomasses that are generated from olive trees. They have been proposed as a source of value-added compounds and biofuels within the biorefinery concept. In this work, the optimization of an ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) process was performed to extract antioxidant compounds present in OTP and OML. The effect of the three parameters, ethanol/water ratio (20, 50, 80% of ethanol concentration), amplitude percentage (30, 50, 70%) and ultrasonication time (5, 10, 15 min), on the responses of total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and antioxidant activities (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP) were evaluated following a Box-Behnken experimental design. The optimal conditions obtained from the model, taking into account simultaneously the five responses, were quite similar for OTP and OML, with 70% amplitude and 15 min for both biomasses and a slight difference in the optimum concentration of ethanol. (54.5% versus 51.3% for OTP and OML, respectively). When comparing the antioxidant activities obtained with OTP and OML, higher values were obtained for OML (around 40% more than for OTP). The antioxidant activities reached experimentally under the optimized conditions were 31.6 mg of TE/g of OTP and 42.5 mg of TE/g of OML with the DPPH method, 66.5 mg of TE/g of OTP and 95.9 mg of TE/g of OML with the ABTS method, and 36.4 mg of TE/g of OTP and 49.7 mg of TE/g of OML with the FRAP method. Both OTP and OML could be a potential source of natural antioxidants.