Supercritical CO₂ extraction of jackfruit seeds

Everybody from all races in Malaysia know the local fruits, Jackfruits. Their favourite is Tekam Yelow (Nangka Madu). Some Jackfruits fanatics willing to buy fresh Nangka Madu at Pahang from nearby fruits stall along the roads. The Jackfruits will be freshly eaten or consumed as improvised sweet desserts. Definitely, the Jackfruits seeds are consider as waste in the rubbish bin. Not noticeable, people will spend their money on the expensive grape fruits’ seeds supplements since they knows the beneficial medicinal value contained inside Jackfruit seeds. Therefore, a study on the medicinal compounds contain in the Jackfruits seeds will be conducted. There are lots of research had been conducted in the determining the medicinal and other kinds of beneficial that can be obtained from Jackfruit’s seeds. Various extraction technique had been used but no research on Supercritical CO₂ extraction (SC-CO₂) of Jackfruits seeds being perform. The extraction equipment used in this research is SFT-100 with vital operating variables to be examined were at temperature (50°C, 60°C) with pressure (4000psi, 5000psi, 6000psi). While the extract was tested using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Varian GCMS 450 GC 240 MS Ion Trap. The highest oil yield obtained was 0.31%. There are 6 major medicinal constituent obtained after analysed which were (1-Methoxy-pentyl)-Cyclopropane, Dodecanoic acid, n-Hexadecanoic acid, Vitamin A aldehyde, Cholestan-3-ol, 2 methylene-, (3á, 5à) and 1-Heptatriacotanol. Jackfruits seeds have the medicinal abilities namely, antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, acne treatment and others medicinal values.