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Optimization of Synthesis of Chromium Threoninate by Response Surface Methodology

HU Xiaobo, WANG Guangran, JIANG Wenwen, GONG Yi, XIE Mingyong*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
  • Online:2015-01-25 Published:2015-01-16
  • Contact: XIE Mingyong

Abstract:

Chromium threoninate is a new type of chromium supplement. It was prepared by adding chromium chloride
to an aqueous solution of threonine. By combined use of single factor method and response surface methodology with a
Box-Behnken design involving four factors with three levels, the optimal synthesis conditions were determined as reaction
between threonine and chromium chloride with a molar ratio of 3.86:1 for 3.25 h at pH 6.11 and 93.52 ℃. Under these
conditions, the actual yield of chromium threoninate was 68.73%, similar to the expected value (68.82%) with a relative
error of 0.13%, suggesting the reliability of the optimized synthesis conditions.

Key words: chromium threoninate, synthesis, response surface methodology

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