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HERO ID
8220280
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Modelling and purification of quercetin from skin of Allium cepa by soxhlet extractor
Author(s)
Manasa, M; Manoj Kumar, S; Vangalapati, M
Year
2014
Is Peer Reviewed?
0
Journal
BioTechnology: An Indian Journal
ISSN:
0974-7435
Volume
9
Issue
6
Page Numbers
248-251
Language
English
Abstract
Onion (Allium cepa) is the second most important horticulture crop all over the world. It is used as important source of phytoconstituents and food flavor. Allium cepa is one of the richest source of flavonoids and organosulphur compounds. The extraction was carried out by employing various organic solvents using Soxhlet extraction method.Methanol was found to be the best solvent for the extraction of quercetin from A.cepa. Soxhlet extractor was carried out using methanol at different extraction times to verify the mathematical model proposed in this work. The final form of the proposed models were Es = 5.942(t) + 125.9 for Quercetin where Es = yield extract (μg/mL of quercetin) and t = extraction time (hr) and for total phenolic content the final form was Es = 3.294(t) + 41.16 where Es = yield extract (μg/mL of Total phenolic content) and t = extraction time (hr). Purification of quercetin with 1:0.5 ratio of hexane and the partition coefficient was found to be 1.21. The proposed models showed good agreement with experimental data. © 2014 Trade Science Inc. - INDIA.
Keywords
Allium cepa; Flavonoids; Modelling equation; Quercetin; Solvent extraction; Soxhlet extractor; Total phenolic content
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