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 2

Experimental matrix for microwave-assisted pectin extraction process.

Experimental runsReal values and coded values
power (X1) (W)pH of acid (X2) (ml)Time (X3) (min)

1550.0 (0)2.0 (0)30.0 (0)
2550.0 (0)2.0 (0)30.0 (0)
3500.0 (−1)1.0 (−1)40.0 (1)
4500.0 (−1)3.0 (1)40.0 (1)
5600.0 (1)1.0 (−1)20.0 (−1)
6600.0 (1)3.0 (1)40.0 (1)
7600.0 (1)1.0 (−1)40.0 (1)
8550.0 (0)2.0 (0)13.2 (−1.68)
9634.1 (1.68)2.0 (0)30.0 (1)
10550.0 (0)3.68 (1.68)30.0 (1)
11500.0 (−1)1.0 (−1)20.0 (−1)
12550.0 (0)2.0 (0)46.8 (1.68)
13500.0 (−1)3.0 (1)20.0 (−1)
14600.0 (1)3.0 (1)20.0 (−1)
15550.0 (0)0.32 (−1.68)30.0 (1)
16465.9 (−1.68)2.0 (0)30.0 (1)