Optimization of aqueous extraction conditions for bioactive compounds from fresh Pouzolzia zeylanica plant using response surface methodology

Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 65 Optimization of aqueous extraction conditions for bioactive compounds from fresh Pouzolzia zeylanica plant using response surface methodology Tan D. Nguyen1,2 1Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam 2Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ARTICLE INFO Research Paper Received: March 02, 2020 Revised: May 20, 2020 Accepted: June 22, 2020 Keywords Bioactive compounds Extraction temperature Extraction time Pouzolzia zeylanica plant Response surface methodology Corresponding author Nguyen Duy Tan Email: ndtan@agu.edu.vn ABSTRACT Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the extraction of phenolic compounds from fresh Pouzolzia zeylanica plant using hot water as a solvent. A central composite design (CCD) in form (23+star) was used to investigate the effects of two independent variables, namely, extraction temperature (70 to 90oC) and extraction time (20 to 40 min). The dependent variables were the content of anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol, tannin and total soluble solids of extracted solution. A second-order polynomial model was used for predicting the response. The results showed that the optimal extraction process was obtained at 84.4oC for 31.7 min. The experimental values agreed with predicted within a 95% confidence interval. Consequently, the contents of antho- cyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol and tannin were 38.66 mgCE/100 g, 3.01 mgQE/g, 5.17 mgGAE/g, 4.07 mgTAE/g fresh weight, and total soluble solids content was 0.73%, respectively. Cited as: Nguyen, T. D. (2020). Optimization of aqueous extraction conditions for bioactive com- pounds from fresh Pouzolzia zeylanica plant using response surface methodology. The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3), 65-74. 1. Introduction Pouzolzia zeylanica is a medicinal source that people of Asia countries have used to treat var- ious kinds of diseases by traditional methods. In Vietnam, this plant was popularly cultivated in the Mekong Delta region, it can be used as fresh or dried plant, decoction drunk to treat cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, sore throat, en- teritis and dysentery (Vo, 2012). Several in vitro researches have indicated ethanolic extracts of Pouzolzia zeylanica possessed antibacterial, anti- fungal and cytotoxic activities (Saha et al., 2012; Sara & Paul, 2012); it had no oral acute toxic- ity at the oral dose of 10 g material powder/kg (Tran et al., 2010). Traditionally, this plant was prepared as an infusion with water, to make tea. Extraction is the separation of medicinally ac- tive portions of plant using selective solvents through standard procedures (Handa et al., 2008). The purpose of all extraction is to sep- arate the soluble plant metabolites, leaving be- hind the insoluble cellular. The obtained crude extracts contain a complex mixture of many plant metabolites, such as alkaloids, glycosides, pheno- lics, terpenoids and flavonoids. Some of the ini- tially obtained extracts may be ready for use as medicinal agents or beverages but some need fur- www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) 66 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City ther processing. In addition, we have known since decades that chemical constituents as an extractable matter which obtained from the extraction process were influenced by extraction parameters, also influ- enced by the quality of the medicinal plant (Vyas et al., 2013). So, if the extraction process can be optimized in terms of bioactive compounds con- tent such as anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol and tannin. They could have had potential as beverages or concentrated products with medic- inal properties. The presence of phenolic com- pounds in the extracted solution had effect on biological value of the final product . Therefore, it is necessary to determine the effects of extraction time and temperature on the content of phenolic compounds. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Chemicals and reagents Folin-Ciocalteu, Folin-Denis reagents and quercetin, gallic acid, tannic acid were obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. (USA) and Merck Chemical Supplies (Germany). All the chemicals, including the solvents, were of analytical grade. 2.2. Sample preparation and extraction Pouzolzia zeylanica plants were collected in April 2017 from a household in Hoa Binh vil- lage, Cho Moi district, An Giang province with 20-30 cm height. It was cleaned with tap-water, cut into small pieces about 2-3 cm long. After that, the samples of Pouzolzia zeylanica were extracted with water using an airtight extrac- tor (model GPA CC1-181907, DidatecTechnolo- gie France, 2007). Stirring rate was maintained at 90 (rpm). The extract samples were fixed a volume of 5 liters and solution to the material ratio of 15:1, v/w. The samples were extracted at temperature of (63, 70, 80, 90 and 97oC), in the duration of (13, 20, 30, 40 and 47 min). The extracts were filtered by cotton cloth and deter- mined their volumes. Subsequently, the extracts were filtered using Buchner funnel with What- man’s No 1 filter paper. The crude extract was diluted at an appropriate ratio using for analysis. 2.3. Experimental design and statistical anal- ysis In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) with central composite design (CCD) in form (23+star) was used to investigate the ef- fects of two independent variables: X (extrac- tion temperature) and Y (extraction time) on the extraction of anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol and tannin contents. The independent variables were coded at five levels (-α, -1, 0, +1, +α) and the complete design consisted of 13 experi- mental points, including five replications of the center points (Table 1). The experimental de- sign and statistical analysis were performed using Statgraphics plus 16.0 for Windows. A quadratic equation (second-order polynomial equation) was used to fit the results: Z = b0 + b1X + b2Y + b1.2XY + b1.1X2 + b2.2Y2 Where Z is the predicted response parameter, bo is a constant, b1, b2, b1.1, b2.2 and b1.2 are the regression coefficients; X and Y are the levels of the independent variables (extraction temperature and time). Experimental data were then fitted to the selected regression model to achieve a proper understanding of the correla- tion between each factor and different responses. This correlation was obtained by estimating the numerical values of the model terms (regression coefficients), whose significance was statistically judged in accordance with t-statistic at a confi- dence interval of 95%. Non-significant (P > 0.05) terms were deleted from the initial equation and data were refitted to the selected model. This work helped that the models will have a higher correlation coefficient R. The compatibility of the mathematical models was fitted by RSM and evaluated by ANOVA, based on the F-test, the probability value (P) of lack-of-fit and on the per- centage of total explained variance (R2), and also on the adjusted determination coefficient (R2adj). These variances provide a measurement of the variability in the observed response values that could be explained by the experimental factors and their linear and quadratic interactions. Si- multaneous optimization of the desirability func- tion was performed in order to maximize the con- tent of anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol, tan- nin and soluble solids. The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 67 T ab le 1. C od ed an d un co de d ex pe rim en ta lv al ue s of ex tr ac tio n te m pe ra tu re an d tim e of fr es h Po uz ol zi a ze yl an ic a an d re su lts fr om th e ex tr ac t so lu tio n as sa ys N um be r Ru n In de pe nd en t va ria bl es R es po ns es Te m pe ra tu re (o C ) T im e (m in ) A nt ho cy an in (m gC E/ 10 0 g) Fl av on oi d (m gQ E/ g) Po ly ph en ol (m gG A E/ g) Ta nn in (m gT A E/ g) So lu bl e so lid s (% ) 1 66 (- α ) 30 (0 ) 30 .1 5 ± 0. 95 2. 25 ± 0. 17 3. 98 ± 0. 25 3. 06 ± 0. 19 0. 54 ± 0. 07 2 70 (- 1) 20 (- 1) 31 .4 2 ± 0. 86 2. 19 ± 0. 09 4. 08 ± 0. 16 3, 09 ± 0. 12 0. 53 ± 0. 04 3 70 (- 1) 40 (+ 1) 35 .6 1 ± 0. 92 2. 56 ± 0. 12 4. 66 ± 0. 15 3. 51 ± 0. 22 0. 58 ± 0. 05 4 80 (0 ) 16 (- α ) 33 .9 1 ± 0. 88 2. 44 ± 0. 15 4. 71 ± 0. 18 3. 45 ± 0. 11 0. 57 ± 0. 01 5 80 (0 ) 30 (0 ) 38 .2 6 ± 0. 65 2. 97 ± 0. 19 5. 11 ± 0. 21 3. 98 ± 0. 15 0. 69 ± 0. 06 6 80 (0 ) 30 (0 ) 37 .8 5 ± 0. 33 2. 91 ± 0. 11 4. 98 ± 0. 09 4. 01 ± 0. 07 0. 72 ± 0. 09 7 80 (0 ) 30 (0 ) 37 .8 2 ± 0. 11 3. 01 ± 0. 21 5. 04 ± 0. 22 3. 86 ± 0. 13 0. 68 ± 0. 02 8 80 (0 ) 30 (0 ) 38 .8 9 ± 0. 83 2. 89 ± 0. 18 5. 07 ± 0. 17 3. 95 ± 0. 25 0. 73 ± 0. 01 9 80 (0 ) 30 (0 ) 39 .0 6 ± 0. 76 2. 95 ± 0. 14 5. 18 ± 0. 19 3. 88 ± 0. 16 0. 71 ± 0. 08 10 80 (0 ) 44 (+ α ) 37 .0 8 ± 0. 57 2. 86 ± 0. 22 4. 96 ± 0. 08 4. 01 ± 0. 14 0. 66 ± 0. 06 11 90 (+ 1) 20 (- 1) 38 .0 2 ± 0. 89 2. 78 ± 0. 05 5. 08 ± 0. 11 3. 98 ± 0. 08 0. 65 ± 0. 04 12 90 (+ 1) 40 (+ 1) 35 .1 1 ± 0. 94 2. 85 ± 0. 25 4. 99 ± 0. 13 4. 02 ± 0. 17 0. 71 ± 0. 03 13 94 (+ α ) 30 (0 ) 36 .2 2 ± 0. 81 2. 81 ± 0. 08 4. 95 ± 0. 14 4. 01 ± 0. 15 0. 72 ± 0. 08 D at a pr es en te d as m ea n (n = 3) ± SD (S ta nd ar d D ev ia ti on ). 2.4. Determination of chemical composition of Pouzolzia zeylanica L. Benn 2.4.1. Total anthocyanin content (mgCE/100 g FW) The determination of monomeric antho- cyanin was conducted by pH-differential method (Ahmed et al., 2013). The samples perform dilu- tions in 50 mL volumetric flasks. The volumetric pipets are used for addition of the test portion. The maximum test portion added should be ≤ 10 mL (the ratio of test/buffer is 1/4, v/v) and not to exceed the buffer capacity of the reagents. The absorbance of test portion diluted with pH 1.0 buffer and pH 4.5 buffer is determined at both 520 nm and 700 nm. Total monomeric antho- cyanins were expressed as cyanidin-3-glucoside. Sample absorbance was read against a blank cell containing distilled water. The absorbance (A) of the sample was then calculated according to the following formula: A = (A520 – A700)pH 1.0 – (A520 – A700)pH 4.5 Total anthocyanin content (TAC) in the sam- ple was calculated according to the following for- mula: TAC (mgCE/100 g) = (A x MW x DF x V x 1000)/( x 1 x W) Where DF is dillution factor, MW is cyanidin- 3-glucoside molecular weight (449,2),  is molar absorptivity (26,900), V is volume of the obtained extracts, in litre, 103 is factor for conversion from g to mg, W is the weight of material sample, in gram. 2.4.2. Total flavonoid content (mg QE/g FW) Aluminum chloride colorimetric method was used for flavonoids determination (Eswari et al., 2013). About 1 mL of the crude ex- tracts/standard of different concentrations was mixed with 3 mL ethanol, 0.2 mL of 10% alu- minum chloride, 0.2 mL of 1 M sodium acetate and 5.8 mL of distilled water. It remained at room temperature for 30 min. The absorbance of the reaction mixture was measured at 415 nm with spectrophotometer against blank. The calibra- tion curve was prepared by diluting quercetin in ethanol (y = 0.0054x + 0.0026 and r2 = 0.9995). The total flavonoid content (TFC), milligrams of quercetin equivalents (QE) per gram fresh weight (FW), was calculated by the following formula: TFC (mgQE/g) = [(A – 0.0026) x DF x V]/ www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) 68 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City (0.0054 x W) Where A is the absorbance of the test sam- ples; DF is the dilution factor; V is volume of the obtained extracts, in litre; W is the weight of material sample, in gram. 2.4.3. Total polyphenol content (mg GAE/g FW) Total polyphenol content was determined by Folin-Ciocalteu reagent method (Hossain et al., 2013). Each crude extract (0.2 mL) was taken in a test tube and added 10% Folin-Ciocalteu reagent (1.5 mL). Then all test tubes were kept in a dark place for 5 min. Finally, 5% Na2CO3 (1.5 mL) was added to solution and mixed well in a vor- tex. Again, all the test tubes were kept in the dark for 2 h. The absorbance was measured for all solutions by using UV-spectrophotometer at constant wavelength 750 nm. Total polyphenol concentrations were quantified by a calibration curve obtained from measuring the absorbance of a known concentration of gallic acid standard in ethanol (y = 0.0082x + 0.0595 and R2 = 0.9996). The total polyphenol content (TPC), milligrams of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per gram fresh weight (FW), was calculated by the following for- mula: TPC (mgGAE/g) = [(A – 0.0595) x DF xV]/(0.0082 x W) Where A is the absorbance of the test samples; DF is the dilution factor; V is the volume of the obtained extracts, in litre; W is the weight of the material sample, in gram. 2.4.4. Tannin content (mg TAE/g FW) Tannin content was determined by Folin-Denis method (Laitonjam et al., 2013). Each crude ex- tract (0.5 mL) was taken in a test tube and added distilled water (0.5 mL). Finally, the samples were treated with 0.5 mL of freshly prepared Folin- Denis reagent and 20% sodium carbonate (2 mL) was added, shaken well, warmed on boiling water- bath for 1 minute and cooled to room tempera- ture. The absorbance of the coloured complex was measured at 700 nm. Tannin concentration was quantified based on the calibration curve of tan- nic acid in ethanol (y = 0.0098x + 0.0478 and R2 = 0.9996). The tannin content (TC), milligrams of tannic acid equivalents (TAE) per gram fresh weight (FW), was calculated by the following for- mula: TC (mgTAE/g) = [(A – 0.0478) x DF x V]/(0.0098 x W) Where A is the absorbance of the test samples; DF is the dilution factor; V is volume of the ob- tained extracts, in litre; W is the weight of the material sample, in gram. 2.5. Total soluble solids (%) Determination total soluble dry matter con- tent was conducted by following protocol of Gi- ang et al. (2013). Take 30 mL extract solution to a dried cup that determined weight. The heat- ing in boiled water until the evaporation of water was finished. Then, put it in oven at 100-105oC, drying until the weight of cup was constant. The content of total soluble solids (TSS) in extract so- lution was determined by the following formula: TSS (%) = [(G2 – G1) x 100]/G Where G is the weight of test solution, G1 is weight of cup, G2 is weight of cup and test solu- tion. 3. Results and Discussion The results from Table 1 showed that when the extraction temperature and time changed, the content of bioactive compounds and total soluble solids in the extracts varied accordingly: the anthocyanin content was in the range of 30.15÷39.06 mgCE/100 g; flavonoid 2.19÷3.01 mgQE/g; polyphenol 3.98÷5.18 mgGAE/g; tan- nin 3.06÷4.01 mgTAE/g FW (fresh weight); and total soluble solids was from 0.53÷0.73%. Response surface and contour plots in Figure 1 showed the extraction temperature and time had effect on the content of bioactive compounds and soluble solids according to the second-order model with significant levels (P < 0.05). When extraction temperature and time increased, the content of bioactive compounds in the extracted solution had increasing trend, and achieved opti- mal value, then had a decrease. Specifically, the anthocyanin content increased and reached an op- timal value of 38.72 mgCE/100 g at 83.7oC and 30.3 min (Figure 1a and 1a’); flavonoid achieved an optimum value of 3.01 mgQE/g at 84.4oC and 33.3 min (Figure 1b and 1b’); polyphenol reached an optimal value of 5.17 mgGAE/g at 85.6oC and 30.6 min (Figure 1c and 1c’); tannin reached an optimum value of 4.10 mgTAE/g at 87.7oC and 34.3 minutes (Figure 1d and 1d’). The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 69 Figure 1. Response surface and contour plots for the content of anthocyanin (a, a’); flavonoid (b, b’); polyphenol (c, c’); tannin (d, d’) and total soluble solids (e, e’) in different temperature and time. www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) 70 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City Figure 2. Response surface and contour plots for the color parameters of extract such as L value (a) and a value (b) in different temperature and time. The results showed that the extraction of bioactive compounds with water solvent was car- ried out at high temperature (83÷87oC) and short extraction time in the range of 30÷34 minutes. Since most bioactive compounds were sensitive to high temperatures, long extraction time could lead to the decomposition of bioac- tive compounds (Vu & Ha, 2009). According to Rajha et al. (2014) extraction of phenolic com- pounds (polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins and an- thocyanins) from grape skins found the optimum extraction parameters of 81oC and 140 min for non-grinding grape grains and 88oC for 5 min grape skins were crushed. Sheng et al. (2013) ex- plained that bioactive compounds were better re- leased from plant cells by reducing the viscosity of the solvent and increasing the molecular motion with increased temperature during extraction. The results of Vu & Ha (2009) showed that the polyphenol content increased when the extraction temperature was increased from 70÷90oC during the polyphenol extraction process from green tea. The increase of extraction temperature would in- crease the phenolics extraction efficiency reported by many authors (Spigno & Faveri, 2007; Spigno et al., 2007; Rajha et al., 2012). Whenever tem- perature was increased, it reduced surface ten- sion and viscosity, improving the solubility of the solute (Ramos et al., 2002). However, if higher temperature could occur phenolic compounds de- compose. The phenolic compounds could avoid composition as the short duration of the extrac- tion process, but high temperatures and long time would have a negative effect on the polyphenol content, oxidation or decomposition could occur (Yilmaz & Toledo, 2006). Under the effect of oxidation-reduction enzymes, plant tannin was readily oxidized and condensed into colorful or colorless products that directly affected the color of the product (Le, 2003). The appropriate tem- perature for extraction of tannin from bark is between 90÷100oC (Connolly, 1993). Some au- thors had shown that the effect of temperature on flavonoid extraction, when the extraction tem- perature was higher than the optimum tempera- ture, reduced the flavonoid content (Sheng et al., 2013). Response surface and contour plots in Figures 1e and 1e’ showed that the extraction temper- ature and time also influenced the second order model to the soluble solids content of the extract. Dissolved solids increase with increasing temper- ature and extraction time and achieved high val- ues in the range of 82÷90oC, dissolved solids reached the optimum value of 0.74% at 88.1oC and 33.4 min. The heat treatment increased the solubility and diffusion of the compounds. The heating decreased the viscosity of the extracting solvent, but it increased the mass transfer and helps the solvent penetrates easily into the cell (Al-Farsi & Lee, 2008). On the other hand, ac- cording to Mohammad et al. (2011), high tem- peratures could reduce cellular barriers by weak- ening the walls and cell membranes, making the solvent more easily exposed to the compounds, increasing the ability to extract solutes into the extract solution. The results in Figure 2a showed that the light- dark (L) value tended to decrease as the temper- ature and the extraction time was increased. The samples with the darkest color (L = 23.35) at the extraction temperature and time were 94oC and 30 min, respectively. The sample had the lightest color (L = 29.24) at 66oC and 33 min. Meanwhile, the results in Figure 2b showed that the green- red value (a) trended to increase when the ex- traction time was extended at low temperatures from 66÷80oC but when raised to 90÷94oC and extending the extraction time, a value trended to decrease. The highest red color (a = 1.97) was The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 71 extracted at 80oC for 44 min and the lowest red color (a = 0.89) at the temperature and extrac- tion time of 66oC and 33 min. This could be ex- plained by increased temperature or prolonged extraction time, which increased the ability to extract color compounds (phenolics compounds) in medicinal plants so that the L value would decrease (darker color) because L had value of 100÷0, the value of a would increase (the color would be redder) because a value had green value (-) and (+) is red. However, when the optimum condition was obtained, the phenolics would de- compose (especially anthocyanin), reducing the red color of the extract. In addition, the results of ANOVA statistical analysis of the data in Table 2 showed that the correlation model constructed with linear, inter- active and quadratic coefficients of the temper- ature and time had effect on the anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol, tannin and soluble solids content of the obtained extract with confident level of 95%. In which, the linearity coefficient of the temperature factor had significant effect on the anthocyanin compounds, flavonoid (P < 0.001), the time factor had a significant effect (P < 0.01); the coefficient of squared and interac- tion of temperature and time factors had effect in confident level (P < 0.05); except for the inter- action coefficient of extraction temperature and time, there was no effect on soluble solids content (P > 0.05). The good correlation model required a match between the actual and theoretical data, so the constructed model with Lack of fit test was not statistically significant (Zabeti et al, 2009). In ad- dition, the correlation model should have a cor- relation coefficient of R2 greater than 0.8 (Guan & Yao, 2008). The results in Table 2 showed that the correlation coefficient of the predicted mod- els was R2 > 0.951 and the P for lack of fit was 0.1379 > 0.05. The model’s suitability was very high and there was good compatibility between experimental and predictive data (Figure 3). 3.1. Multiple response optimization Extraction was widely known as an extraction process of bioactive substances from plant materi- als. Several factors could contribute to the effects of bioactive compounds extracted, including the method of extraction, temperature and extrac- tion time, rate of materials and solvent (Pinelo et al., 2005a & 2005b; Chew et al., 2011). Ta bl e 2. M at he m at ic al eq ua tio ns th at de sc rib e th e re sp on se s (a nt ho cy an in ,fl av on oi d, po ly ph en ol ,t an ni n, so lu bl e so lid s) in re sp on se to te m pe ra tu re an d tim e R es po ns e va ria bl es R eg re ss io n Eq ua tio ns R 2 R 2 (a dj us te d fo r d. f.) P- va lu e (la ck -o f-fi t) A nt ho cy an in (m gC E/ 10 0 g) Z = -1 89 .0 75 + 4. 63 01 X + 2. 25 3Y – 0. 02 45 X 2 – 0. 01 8X Y – 0. 01 3Y 2 0. 95 1 0. 91 6 0. 13 79 Fl av on oi d (m gQ E/ g) Z = -1 5. 63 5 + 0. 37 8X + 0. 16 2Y – 0. 00 2X 2 – 0. 00 1X Y – 0. 00 2Y 2 0. 98 5 0. 97 5 0. 63 71 Po ly ph en ol (m gG A E/ g) Z = -2 1. 87 8 + 0. 55 8X + 0. 20 9Y – 0. 00 3X 2 – 0. 00 2X Y – 0. 00 1Y 2 0. 98 1 0. 96 8 0. 65 53 Ta nn in (m gT A E/ g) Z = -1 5. 16 5 + 0. 38 1X + 0. 15 1Y – 0. 00 2X 2 – 0. 00 1X Y – 0. 00 1Y 2 0. 97 8 0. 96 3 0. 39 97 So lu bl e so lid ss (% ) Z = -2 .7 92 + 0. 06 9X + 0. 02 9Y – 0. 00 04 X 2 + 0. 00 00 3X Y – 0. 00 05 Y 2 0. 97 1 0. 95 1 0. 98 10 X = E xt ra ct io n te m pe ra tu re (o C ); Y = E xt ra ct io n ti m e (m in ). www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) 72 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City Figure 3. Correlation between the experimentally and the estimated values for anthocyanin (a), flavonoid (b), a polyphenol (c), tannin (d) and total soluble solids (e) using the models described in equation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; respectively (as shown in Table 2). The responses (anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol, tannin and soluble solids content) were optimized separately, therefore allowing the targeting of a certain class of compounds only by varying the extraction parameters. Yet, the desirability function in the RSM was utilized to reveal the combination of the parameters (tem- perature and time) capable of simultaneously maximizing all the responses. The overplay plot (Figure 4) showed the outlines superposition of all the studied responses and the simultaneous optimum for all responses was showed by the black spot. The optimum extraction parameters were ob- tained from the model with a temperature of 84.4oC and a time of 31.7 min. At this opti- mal extraction parameter, the content of the anthocyanin, flavonoid, polyphenol, tannin and dissolved solids was 38,66 mgCE/100 g; 3.01 mgQE/g; 5.17 mgGAE/g; 4.07 mgTAE/g fresh weight and 0.73%, respectively. 3.2. Test the predicted values from the model To test the optimal values obtained from the predicted models, the study performed accord- ing to the best parameters found: extraction at 85oC for 32 min; then filtered and retrieved the extract and conduct analyzed to determine the The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(3) www.jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 73 Figure 4. Superposition contour plots, showing the best experimental parameters that maximize bioactive compounds content and total dry matter of extract solution (the black spot shows the optimum for all the responses). Table 3. Comparison of test values with calculated values of optimal models No. Analytical targets Test value* Calculated value Differentialpercentage (%) 1 Anthocyanin (mgCE/100 g FW) 37.19 ± 0,97 38.66 3.80 2 Flavonoid (mgQE/g FW) 3.14 ± 0,07 3.01 4.14 3 Polyphenol (mgGAE/g FW) 5.25 ± 0,19 5.17 1.52 4 Tannin (mgTAE/g FW) 3.94 ± 0,15 4.07 3.19 5 Soluble solids (%) 0.71 ± 0,01 0.73 2.74 (*) Mean value (n=3) and ± SD (Standard Deviation). content of bioactive compounds and dissolved solids. The content of anthocyanin, tannin and dissolved solids were lower than predictive val- ues by 3.80%; 3.19% and 2.74%. Meanwhile, the levels of flavonoid and polyphenol were higher than predictive values by 4.14% and 1.52% re- spectively (Table 3). The difference was within the allowable limit (< 5%). The result of this dif- ference was that the optimum extraction condi- tions of the compounds found in the model were between 83.7÷88.1oC and 30.3÷34.3 minutes. 4. 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