Organic Chemistry International

Research Article

Microwave-Assisted Extraction Studies of Target Analyte Artemisinin from Dried Leaves of Artemisia annua L.

Table 3

Effect of the volume of water soaking on artemisinin recoverya.
SolventVolume of water appliedImpregnation time (Second)% Mean artemisinin recovery (±SD)% RSD
AcetonitrileNDaNDa0.67 (±0.02)2.29
100 μLb1800.68 (±0.01)0.85
200 μLb0.72 (±0.01)1.39
Not done (one sample extracted as per the conditions: 25 mesh, 100 mg, 5 mL, 160 W, and 60 s but without water application and impregnation).
MAE conditions (25 mesh, 100 mg, 10 mL, 160 W, and 180 s).