Open AccessBetulinic acid from Zizyphus Joazeiro bark using focused microwave-assisted extraction and response surface methodology
Author(s) -
Fernanda Carolina Sousa Fonseca,
Letícia Caribé Batista Reis,
José Amâncio Macedo Santos,
Carla Rodrigues Cardoso Branco,
Sergio Luis da Costa Ferreira,
Jorge David,
Alexsandro Branco
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.204565
Subject(s) - betulinic acid , bark (sound) , extraction (chemistry) , traditional medicine , chromatography , chemistry , biology , medicine , genetics , ecology
The effect of the extraction time (min) and temperature (°C) on the yield of betulinic acid (BA) from Zizyphus joazeiro barks using focused microwave-assisted extraction was investigated.