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Green extraction of bioactive compounds from Azadirachta indica in aqueous glycerol and modelling and optimisation by response surface methodology


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Figure 1

Single-factor experimental result for TPC and TFC. DW, dry weight; TFC, total flavonoid content; TPC, total phenolic content.
Single-factor experimental result for TPC and TFC. DW, dry weight; TFC, total flavonoid content; TPC, total phenolic content.

Figure 2

TPC 3D surface plots for interactive effect of (A) solvent concentration and extraction time, (B) solvent concentration and extraction temperature and (C) extraction temperature and extraction time. TPC, total phenolic content.
TPC 3D surface plots for interactive effect of (A) solvent concentration and extraction time, (B) solvent concentration and extraction temperature and (C) extraction temperature and extraction time. TPC, total phenolic content.

Figure 3

TFC3D surface plot for the interactive effect of solvent concentration and extraction time. DW, dry weight; TFC, total flavonoid content.
TFC3D surface plot for the interactive effect of solvent concentration and extraction time. DW, dry weight; TFC, total flavonoid content.

Figure 4

ARA 3D surface plot for interactive effect of solvent concentration and extraction.
ARA 3D surface plot for interactive effect of solvent concentration and extraction.

Figure 5

MCA 3D surface plots for interactive effect of (A) solvent concentration and extraction time, (B) solvent concentration and extraction temperature, and (C) extraction temperature and extraction time. MCA, metal chelating activity.
MCA 3D surface plots for interactive effect of (A) solvent concentration and extraction time, (B) solvent concentration and extraction temperature, and (C) extraction temperature and extraction time. MCA, metal chelating activity.

Results of the ANOVA for model fitting and optimisation of extraction as per the three-factor BBD of RSM.

Source p values

TPC (quadratic) TFC (linear) MCA (quadratic) DPPH (linear)
Model 0.0027* <0.0001* 0.0002* <0.0001*
A-concentration 0.0001* <0.0001* <0.0001* <0.0001*
B-Time 0.0736 0.18 0.5736 0.0007*
C-Temperature 0.0181* 0.5536 0.0828 0.1511
AB 0.7295 0.1162
AC 0.4973 0.0095*
BC 0.4104 0.0308*
A2 0.0051* 0.3132
B2 0.5835 0.0051*
C2 0.2644 0.0494*
Residual
Lack of fit 0.8729 0.1821 0.3174 0.4079
R2 values
R2 0.9699 0.9288 0.989 0.9621
Predicted R2 0.9156 0.9094 0.9692 0.9517
Adjusted R2 0.8274 0.8513 0.8578 0.9313

Predicted and observed response values and their corresponding percent errors.

Responses Predicted value Observed value Error (%)
TPC (mg GAE · g−1 DW) 5.27 4.937 6.318
TFC (mg RE · g−1 DW) 9.869 9.333 5.431
MCA (%) 54.366 50.378 7.335
DPPH (%) 73.804 79.458 −7.661

BBD and experimental values of response factors obtained in the analysis.

Standard order Run order Input factors Responses

A (%) B (min) C (°C) TPC TFC MCA (%) ARA (%)
4 1 70 60 40 4.92 ± 0.32 10.05 ± 0.55 58.21 ± 5.00 67.14 ± 0.51
3 2 30 60 40 3.72 ± 0.15 3.67 ± 0.04 91.38 ± 0.27 23.16 ± 0.51
5 3 30 40 30 4.13 ± 0.07 5.45 ± 0.30 89.94 ± 1.30 33.94 ± 0.40
1 4 30 20 40 4.11 ± 0.08 5.67 ± 0.36 84.63 ± 1.32 41.97 ± 0.20
11 5 50 20 50 4.95 ± 0.32 8.07 ± 0.47 77.19 ± 4.66 57.85 ± 0.22
7 6 30 40 50 3.80 ± 0.25 4.55 ± 0.04 78.19 ± 3.37 26.64 ± 0.71
10 7 50 60 30 5.10 ± 0.63 7.33 ± 0.18 78.39 ± 1.48 51.25 ± 5.41
8 8 70 40 50 4.84 ± 0.91 8.88 ± 0.15 60.31 ± 0.90 74.85 ± 0.40
14 9 50 40 40 4.83 ± 0.24 7.52 ± 0.36 68.13 ± 7.14 50.97 ± 1.41
9 10 50 20 30 5.11 ± 0.29 6.81 ± 0.36 73.73 ± 8.50 58.78 ± 0.54
2 11 70 20 40 5.20 ± 0.41 10.10 ± 0.76 59.02 ± 4.24 73.91 ± 0.51
15 12 50 40 40 4.60 ± 0.72 7.07 ± 0.43 65.50 ± 10.57 48.17 ± 1.55
13 13 50 40 40 5.01 ± 0.30 6.98 ± 0.55 68.04 ± 6.61 45.30 ± 1.51
6 14 70 40 30 5.39 ± 0.29 10.14 ± 0.31 55.80 ± 5.34 74.51 ± 0.51
12 15 50 60 50 4.67 ± 0.34 7.21 ± 0.07 69.98 ± 10.83 43.23 ± 0.22
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