Research article summary (published 2 Oct 2006):

Optimization of extraction of phenolic compounds from flax shives by pressurized low-polarity water.

Full Abstract

Pressurized low-polarity water (PLPW) extraction of phenolic compounds from flax shive was investigated using statistically based optimization and the "one-factor-at-a-time" method. Extraction variables examined using central composite design (CCD) included temperature, flow rate, and NaOH concentration of the extracting water. Extraction of phenolic compounds including p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillic acid, syringic acid, vanillin, acetovanillone, and feruric acid was affected by temperature and NaOH concentration; and extraction of all phenolic compounds, except ferulic acid, increased with temperature and NaOH concentration of the extracting water. Flow rate had little effect on concentration of phenolic compounds at equilibrium, but the extraction rate at the early phase was higher for higher flow rates. The mechanism of PLPW extraction of flax shive phenolics was also investigated using a two-site kinetic model and a thermodynamic model. To determine the extraction mechanism, flow rate was varied from 0.3 to 4.0 mL/min while temperature and NaOH concentration were fixed at 180 degrees C and 0.47 M, respectively. The flow rate tests showed the extraction rates of total phenolic (TP) compounds increased with flow rate and can be described by a thermodynamic model. The results from the thermodynamic model demonstrated that a K(D) value of 30 agreed with the experimental data in the flow rate range of 0.3-4.0 mL/min. When the effect of the three independent variables was evaluated simultaneously using CCD, a maximum TP concentration of 5.8 g/kg of dry flax shive (DFS) was predicted from the combination of a high temperature (230.5 degrees C), a high initial concentration of NaOH (0.63 M), and a low flow rate (0.7 mL/min). Maximum TP concentration of 5.7 g/kg of DFS was obtained from extraction conditions of 180 degrees C, 0.3 or 0.5 mL/min, and 0.47 M NaOH at equilibrium. A second-order regression model generated by CCD predicted a maximum TP concentration of 5.8 g/kg of DFS under the same extraction conditions, which is well matched with the results from experimental data.

Author information

Author/s: Kim, Jin-Woo (JW); Mazza, G (G);

Affiliation: National Bioproducts and Bioprocesses Program, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada V0H 1Z0.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (J Agric Food Chem), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Oct; vol 54 (issue 20) : pp 7575-84

Dates: Created 2006/09/27; Completed 2006/11/24;

PMID: 17002424, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Flax - chemistry Phenols - isolation & purification Plant Extracts - chemistry Plant Stems - chemistry Pressure

Pressure Sodium Hydroxide Temperature Thermodynamics Water

Associated Chemicals: Phenols (0) ; Plant Extracts (0) ; Sodium Hydroxide (1310-73-2) ; Water (7732-18-5)

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