Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Functional Food Fiber from Canadian Horseweed (<i>Erigeron canadensis</i> L.)
Sebastian Balicki, Izabela Pawlaczyk‐Graja, Roman Gancarz, Peter Capek, Kazimiera A. Wilk
Abstract
). A comparison with the conventional procedure for retrieval of horseweed biomacromolecules revealed that the optimized ultrasound-assisted extraction was more sustainable, with the cumulative energy demand being 38% lower (12.2 MJ), 6.6 times reduced water consumption (3.5 L), and 1.2 times shorter (41 h) total processing time. Moreover, the optimal ultrasound-assisted extraction process-purified food fiber turned out to be a better anticoagulant agent by 57%, compared to a conventional product, and was a more selective indirect inhibitor of the human Xa coagulation factor.
Topics & Concepts
Extraction (chemistry)BioproductsResponse surface methodologyFiberBiomass (ecology)Pulp and paper industryChromatographyBiofuelBiologyBiotechnologyChemistryAgronomyOrganic chemistryEngineeringProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesMicroencapsulation and Drying ProcessesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities