ABSTRACT
Solid-liquid extraction from food plants can be effected by pressing (solid-liquid expression) or by solvent (diffusion, leaching). It has various industrial applications: Extraction of fruit juices and vegetable oils, production of sugar and wine, dewatering of fibrous materials (fodder plants), dehydration of biological wastes, etc. (Brennan et al., 1990; Schwartzberg, 1997).
