Research Article

Agrofood Waste and By-Product Valorization, Extraction, and Characterization of Pectin from the Waste Biomass Fruit Peel of Aframomum angustifolium Using Response Surface Methodology as Alternative Sources of a Functional Pectin

Table 1

Experimental matrix for acid-assisted pectin extraction process.

Experimental runsReal values and coded values
Temperature (X1) (°C)pH of acid (X2)Time (X3) (min)

170 (0)3.68 (1.68)85.0 (0)
253.18 (−1.68)2.0 (0)85.0 (0)
370 (0)2.0 (0)85.0 (0)
480 (1)3.0 (1)120.0 (1)
570 (0)2.0 (0)143.9 (1.68)
660 (−1)3.0 (1)50.0 (−1)
786.82 (1.68)2.0 (0)85.0 (0)
870 (0)2.0 (0)26.0 (−1.68)
970 (0)0.32 (−1.68)85.0 (0)
1080 (1)3.0 (1)50.0 (−1)
1160 (−1)1.0 (−1)50.0 (−1)
1280 (1)1.0 (−1)50.0 (−1)
1380 (1)1.0 (−1)120.0 (1)
1460 (−1)1.0 (−1)120.0 (1)
1570 (0)2.0 (0)85.0 (0)
1660 (−1)3.0 (1)120.0 (1)