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For this reason, in this work, luteolin (LUT) and naringenin (NAR), two compounds with antioxidant activity and potential health benefits, were precipitated through the supercritical antisolvent technique using polyvinylpyrrolidone and \u03b2-cyclodextrin as the carriers. The precipitation occurred from dimethylsulfoxide using supercritical carbon dioxide as the antisolvent. The influence of pressure (9\u201312 MPa), active substance\/carrier concentration in the solution (20\u2013200 mg\/mL), and their ratio (1\/1 and 1\/2 mol\/mol) on morphology, particle mean size, and distribution were investigated. Under the optimized operating conditions, spherical microparticles with a mean diameter equal to 2.7 \u00b1 0.9 \u03bcm (for LUT) and 5.5 \u00b1 1.9 \u03bcm (for NAR) were obtained. The active ingredients were protected from the external environment by the presence of the carrier, and the dissolution rate was notably increased by processing them with \u03b2-cyclodextrin. 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