uuttumisen
Uuttuminen is a term used in Finnish to describe the process of extracting a component from a material, typically using a solvent or another separating medium. In chemistry, pharmacology, food science and related fields, uuttuminen refers to isolating substances such as flavors, aromas, pigments, alkaloids or active pharmaceutical ingredients from plant, animal or mineral matrices. The term is the noun form of the verb uuttaa, and is commonly encountered in laboratory protocols, methods sections and industrial process descriptions.
Typical uuttamismenetelmät include maceration (soaking solids in solvent to dissolve target compounds), percolation, and Soxhlet extraction
Applications of uuttuminen include the extraction of essential oils from herbs, caffeine from coffee, polyphenols from
See also: extraction, solvent extraction, leaching, Soxhlet extraction, percolation, supercritical CO2 extraction.