Research Article

Optimizing the Extraction of Dietary Fibers from Sorghum Bran Using Response Surface Methodology

Table 4

Path of steepest descent conditions generated by variation of extracting cycles () and time ().

ConditionsVariablesPredicted
yield (%)
CyclesRatioTimeTemperature

0.00.00.00.044.54
1.00.150.70.137.65
2.00.981.00.930.68
3.01.67.94.4−108.91
4.05.0−4.35.0−150.64
5.07.3−8.47.2−464.56

1.20.21.00.135.50
1.40.12.00.226.96
1.50.03.00.213.65
1.5−0.34.00.2−5.34
1.4−0.55.00.1−30.47