Technical and Economic Evaluation of Phorbol Esters Extraction from Jatropha curcas Seed Cake using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Cristiane De Souza Siqueira Pereira^1*, Fernando Luiz Pelegrini Pessoa¹, Simone Mendonca², Jose Antonio De Aquino Ribeiro² and Marisa Fernandes Mendes^3*

¹Technology of Chemical and Biochemical Processes, Chemistry School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, E-mail: fernando.pessoa@fieb.org.br

²Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasilia, Brazil, E-mail: fernando.pessoa@fieb.org.br

³Chemical Engineering Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, E-mail: fernando.pessoa@fieb.org.br