Research Article

Application of a Combined Homogenate and Ultrasonic Cavitation System for the Efficient Extraction of Flavonoids from Cinnamomum camphora Leaves and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activity In Vitro

Table 2

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the fitted quadratic model of C. camphora flavonoids extraction determined from Box–Behnken design.

SourceSum of squaresDegree of freedomMean squareF-valueP-value

Model10.86140.78101.79<0.0001
A0.3310.3343.73<0.0001
B0.3810.3849.93<0.0001
C0.4210.4254.81<0.0001
D2.4912.49327.14<0.0001
AB0100.460.5102
AC0.0410.045.570.0333
AD0.0710.078.730.0104
BC01000.9865
BD0.1210.1216.350.0012
CD0.1510.1519.750.0006
A26.7416.74884.93<0.0001
B20.1410.1418.290.0008
C20.2910.2937.47<0.0001
D20.5810.5876.32<0.0001
Residual0.11140
Lack of fit0.091001.750.3111
Pure error0.0240
Cor. total10.97280.78
Credibility analysis of the regression equations
Std. dev.MeanCV %PressR2Adjusted R2Predicted R2Adequacy precision
0.876.911.260.530.99030.98050.951638.782

A : ethanol concentration, %; B : homogenate/ultrasonic time, min; C : solvent-to-solid ratio, mL/g; D: ultrasonic power, W; Cor. total: totals of all information corrected for the mean; Std. dev.: standard deviation; CV: coefficient of variation. , significant; , highly significant; , extremely significant.