rotoevaporation

English

Alternative forms

• rotavaporation

Etymology

From roto- +‎ evaporation.

Noun

rotoevaporation (uncountable)

1. evaporation by means of a rotary evaporator
   • 2015 August 5, Caitlin Cole et al., “Arum Palaestinum with isovanillin, linolenic acid and β-sitosterol inhibits prostate cancer spheroids and reduces the growth rate of prostate tumors in mice”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     To concentrate the elixir for in vitro studies, a powder version was obtained by drying using rotoevaporation, followed by exposure to nitrogen to drive all remaining liquid out of the product, followed by manual pulverization.