Enhancing the Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Juniper Berries Using the Box-Behnken Design.

ABSTRACT: Juniper berry is an important medicinal plant used in pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries thanks to its strong antioxidant potential, which is attributed to the presence of phenolic compounds. In this study, four different solvents, namely, aqueous acetone, aqueous ethanol, aqueous NaOH, and water, were used in the extraction process with a view to optimize and determine the polyphenolic contents in the juniper berry using ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry. Many experiments were performed at different solvent concentrations, time, temperature, and liquid-solid ratio. The models to evaluate the effects and the optimum of these variables on the polyphenols extraction using the response surface methodology (RSM) were developed. The predicted values of the polyphenol content of junipe

SUBMITTER: Elboughdiri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643166 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature