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. 2012 Sep 5;13(9):11027–11043. doi: 10.3390/ijms130911027

Table 1.

Experimental data and the observed response value with different combinations of ultrasound time (X1), solid–liquid ratio (X2) and ultrasound power (X3) used in the Box–Behnken design.

Run Independent variables Response

X1 (min) X2 (g/mL) X3 (W) Average extraction efficiency (%) a
1 30 (0) 1:20 (0) 200 (0) 98.75
2 40 (1) 1:20 (0) 250 (1) 86.00
3 40 (1) 1:25 (1) 200 (0) 65.00
4 20 (−1) 1:25 (1) 200 (0) 72.10
5 30 (0) 1:20 (0) 200 (0) 99.30
6 30 (0) 1:25 (1) 150 (−1) 68.04
7 40 (1) 1:20 (0) 150 (−1) 67.77
8 20 (−1) 1:20 (0) 250 (1) 80.40
9 30 (0) 1:20 (0) 200 (0) 97.94
10 30 (0) 1:20 (0) 200 (0) 99.40
11 30 (0) 1:20 (0) 200 (0) 100.00
12 30 (0) 1:15 (−1) 250 (1) 82.99
13 40 (1) 1:15 (−1) 200 (0) 70.31
14 20 (−1) 1:20 (0) 150 (−1) 77.68
15 30 (0) 1:25 (1) 250 (1) 81.04
16 20 (−1) 1:15 (−1) 200 (0) 70.37
17 30 (0) 1:15 (−1) 150 (−1) 71.83
a

The average extraction efficiency is expressed as the observed values and the maximum amount was taken to be 100%.