Research Article

Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Pyrrolidine Alkaloid from Leaves of Piper amalago L.

Table 1

Orthogonal array design matrix OAD OA9(3)4 and experimental results of alkaloid 1 yield.

RunFactorsResponses
Cosolvent (min) (°C) (bar) (mg g−1) ()

1Ethanol20401500.29 0.02
2Ethanol40502001.2 0.3
3Ethanol60602501.59 0.07
4Methanol20502501.0 0.3
5Methanol40601500.7 0.9
6Methanol60402003.8 0.8
7Propyleneglycol20602001.9 0.3
8Propyleneglycol40402501.86 0.08
9Propyleneglycol60501500.73 0.01

= yield of the alkaloid in the plant.
Results are expressed as mean standard deviation ().