Extraction and identification of β-carotene from unripe date palm

Abstract

Carotenoids are one of the natural plant pigment and also valuable preventive medicines too. Recent
research shows that there is strong relation between the foods which rich in carotenoids and certain types of
diseases such as cardiovascular and particular types of malignant growth. The primary target of the current
investigation is to extract the carotenoids from two different varieties of unripe Phoenix dactylifera namely
Barhi (yellow in colour, YD) and Khenaizi (red in colour, RD) and then to identify the presence of β-carotene
various techniques such as Thin layer chromatography (TLC) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC). The experimental results of both the samples were compared to standard β-carotene. From the results
obtained both the samples were contain notable amount of β-carotene, mainly Khenaizi shows more retention
time (5.09) compared to that of Barhi (5.02).β-carotene is useful in giving likely advantage against deficiency
diseases such as vitamin A because it perhaps the most common public health problems.