Research Article

Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Annatto Seeds, Evaluation of Their Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity, and Identification of Main Compounds by LC/ESI-MS Analysis

Table 2

ANOVA table for the response variables for the UAE of bioactive compounds from annatto seeds.

VariableUAE
Polyphenol 
(mg AG/g seed)
Bixin (%)
p-valuep-value

Model< 0.0001< 0.0001
X1-Treatment time (min)0.0500.006
X2-pH0.0500.065
X3- Solvent concentration (%)0.0001< 0.0001
X4- Seed-to-solvent ratio (1:X4)< 0.00010.003
X3X40.050< 0.0001
X4X10.0360.023
Lack of Fit0.0580.057
r20,7680,897
r2-adj0,7310,872

AG: gallic acid.