Development of Methods Used in the Extraction of Avocado Oil

Abstract

Avocado oil contains high concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids and many health‐promoting beneficial compounds. The oil can be extracted by various methods. The interest in new technologies as well as the lack of efficiency of available techniques to extract avocado oil have led to continual research on developing new extraction techniques. Avocado oil can be extracted by physical, chemical, and biological methods. New techniques to extract avocado oil need to be developed to improve overall extraction yields and selectivity of bioactive components from avocado and to produce high‐quality avocado oil. This review presents up‐to‐date knowledge on the developments in extraction techniques as well as the refining, characterization, and utilization of avocado oil.Practical Applications: Avocado oil has many nutritional values with potential applications in the food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industry. By considering the development of extraction process for avocado oil, as discussed in this review, many extraction techniques have been developed to gain an efficient process and produce high‐quality avocado oil.A typical avocado oil has high levels of unsaturated fatty acids and large amounts of health‐promoting, beneficial compounds. Avocado oil can be extracted by various methods. Many new extraction methods are developed to improve overall extraction yields and selectivity of bioactive components from avocado and to produce high‐quality avocado oil.