FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (8): 137-142.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6300-201008029

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Optimization of Microwave-assisted Extraction of Pu er Tea Pigments via Response Surface Methodology

GONG Wen-qiong,LIU Rui*   

  1. (College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China)
  • Received:2009-05-21 Revised:2009-09-02 Online:2010-04-15 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: LIU Rui E-mail:liurui@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Abstract:

Microwave assistance was used to extract Pu er tea pigments with water as extraction solvent. On the basis of single factor experiments, in which the respective effects of technological parameters including material/liquid ratio, microwave power, and extraction time and number on Pu’er tea pigment yield were examined, quadratic orthogonal rotation combination design combined with response surface methodology was employed to optimize 3 crucial ones of the above parameters such as material/liquid ratio, microwave power and extraction time. Computer generated response surfaces, canonical analysis and contour plot interpretation revealed that extraction time had an extremely significant effect on Pu er tea pigment yield (P<0.01), microwave significantly affect Pu er tea pigment yield (P<0.05), whereas no significant effect on Pu er tea pigment yield was observed from material/liquid ratio. The extraction for 9.48 min with 640 W microwave assistance at a material/liquid ratio of 1:58.79 resulted in a maximum Pu er tea pigment yield. The experimental value was up to 97.5% of the predicted value.

Key words: er tea pigments, microwave-assisted extraction, response surface analysis

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