Comparison of different solvents and techniques for extraction of polysaccharides and antioxidants from Shakar tigal
摘要
In this work, fourteen deep eutectic solvents (DES), four conventional solvents and four extraction techniques (ultrasonic-assisted, microwave-assisted, maceration and Soxhlet extractions) were tested for polysaccharide and antioxidant extraction from sweet and edible Larinus cocoon (Shakar tigal). Finally, Choline chloride-citric acid (DES) and ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) were selected as the best solvent and technique for polysaccharides and antioxidants extraction. The Box-Behnken design (BBD) and response surface methodology (RSM) were used to optimize extraction variables (temperature, time, water content in choline chloride-citric acid, and liquid-to-solid ratio) in ultrasonic-assisted extraction. At optimum condition, total carbohydrate content and extraction yield were 5.32 mg Glu/gdw and 66.7%, respectively. Based on monosaccharide composition analysis, extracted polysaccharides had arabinose, xylose, glucose and galactose (molar ratio: 1:2.18:6.07:5.17). Presence of galactouronic acid (about 28.3%) was also confirmed by GC analysis. Based on TGA and DSC thermal analysis, extracted polysaccharides had the highest mass loss (about 50%) between temperatures of 250–370 °C. Antioxidant activity of extract was evaluated by different assays such as total phenolic (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC), DPPH assay, ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and reducing power assay (RPA).