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. 2020 Sep 1;9(9):815. doi: 10.3390/antiox9090815

Table 2.

Influence of extraction conditions in the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of seeds extracts.

Source Extraction Conditions Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity Ref.
CEREALS AND PSEUDOCEREALS
Black rice (Oryza sativa L.) Conventional extraction: temperature (10, 30, and 50 °C); time (20, 50 and 80 min); and solid/solvent ratio (1 g/15, 30, and 45 mL) TPC 1: 520.17 mg GAE 2/100 g; AA 3: 46.5% of DPPH 4 inhibition; optimum conditions: 34.7 °C, 80 min, 1 g/30 mL [65]
Ultrasound: frequency (35 kHz); temperature (30–60°C); pH (2–4); solvent (20–60% ethanol); and time (10–60 min) TPC: 2124.98 mg GAE/100 g; optimum conditions: 36.0 °C, pH 2.5, 23.8% ethanol, and 22.9 min [66]
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) Microwave irradiation: time (15 min); solid/solvent ratio (1 g/50 mL); rotation (320 rpm); temperature (23–150 °C); and solvent (0, 50, and 100% ethanol) TPC: 18.5 mg GAE/g; optimum conditions: 150 °C, 50% ethanol [67]
Chia
(Salvia hispanica L.)
Conventional extraction: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/10 mL); solvent (0, 20, 50, 80, and 100% ethanol); extraction cycles (1–4); and time (1–72 h) TPC: 42% increase; optimum conditions: 50% ethanol, and 4 cycles of 1 h each [68]
FRUITS
Cacao bean shell (Theobroma cacao L.) Pressurized liquid extraction: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/3 mL); pressure (10.35 MPa); time (5, 30; 50 min); and temperature (60–90 °C) Increasing time and temperature increased the extraction of flavonols (90 °C, 50 min) and antioxidant activity (DPPH and FRAP 5 assays); optimum conditions: 90 °C and 50 min for polyphenols; and 75 °C and 50 min for antioxidant activity [69]
Grape seed
(Vitis vinífera L.)
Ultrasound: frequency (20 kHz); power (150 W); time (15 min); temperature (<30 °C); and solvent (methanol); Soxhlet: temperature (RT 6); time (12 h); solvent (methanol) TPC: 104.19 mg GAE/g; AA: 109.3 aTocE 7/g for DPPH radical assay; defatted seeds with ultrasound followed by Soxhlet extraction of polyphenols [70]
Microwave irradiation: time (15 min); solid/solvent ratio (1 g/10–50 mL); solvent (10–90% ethanol); time (2-32 min); and temperature (40–60 °C) TPC: 96.3 mg GAE/g; optimum conditions: 47.2% ethanol, 1 g/45.3 mL, ratio, 4.6 min [71]
Guarana seed (Paullinia cupana) Conventional extraction (cold): solid/solvent ratio (1 g/3 g); temperature (25 °C); time (24 h); particle size (25, 125, and 1680 μm); and solvent (0, 50, 65, 80, and 100% ethanol) Highest TPC was obtained with 1680 μm particles and 50% ethanol solution [72]
Conventional extraction (hot): solid/solvent ratio (1 g/3 g); agitation (48 rpm); temperature (40, 50, and 60 °C); and time (1–6 h) Highest TPC was obtained after 6 h, no effect of temperature (40–60 °C) [72]
Enzyme-assisted extraction: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/3 g); time (4 h); agitation (48 rpm); pH (4.8); time (4 h); enzyme (pectinase:celulase, 1:0, 1:1, 0:1); and temperature (40 and 50 °C) Highest TPC was obtained using pectinase alone 50 °C [72]
Super-critical CO2: flow (6 mL/min); pressure (100, 200, and 300 bar); temperature (40, 50, and 60 °C); co-solvent (0, 10, 20, 40% of methanol, ethanol, and their 1:1 combination); and time (20, 40, and 60 min) TPC: 105.76 mg PE 8/g; optimum conditions: 300 bar, 40 °C, 40% of 1:1 ethanol:methanol, and 40 min [73]
NUTS
Peanut skin (Arachis hypogaea L.) Conventional extraction: time (5–150 min); temperature (25–90 °C); and solvent (20–100% ethanol) TPC: 0.39 g GAE/g; AA: 79.9% of inhibition in the DPPH radical assay and IC50 of 0.26 μg/mL in the ABTS 9 radical assay; optimum conditions: 71.6 °C and 74% ethanol [74]
Sub-critical water: temperature (140, 180 and 220 °C); flow (3, 5, and 7 g/min); and solvent (0, 50 and 95% ethanol) TPC: 136.9 mg/g; AA: IC50 of 10.5 μg/mL in DPPH radical assay and IC50 of 17.05 μg/mL optimum conditions: 220 °C, 7 g/min, and 60.5% ethanol [75]
Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Sub-critical water: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/25 mL); pressure (6.9 MPa); flow (4 mL/min); and temperature (110–190 °C) TPC: 39.5 and 39.4 g/kg at 150 and 170 °C, respectively; AA: ABTS radical (1.18 mmol TE 10/g), DPPH radical (0.84 mmol TE/g) and FRAP (1.20 mmol TE/g) assays at 190 °C [76]
Ultrasound: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/60 mL); and solvent (methanol:water:formic acid; 80:19:1) TPC of 81.8 g/kg; AA: 0.47, 0.51, and 0.49 mmol TE/g for ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP assays, respectively [76]
OTHER SOURCES
Acorn (Quercus spp.) Eco-friendly extraction: solid/solvent ratio (1 g/50 mL); time (10 min); solvent (water:glycerol:CD; 40–100%:0–60%:1–13%); and temperature (40, 60, and 80 °C) TPC: 122.2 mg/g; AA: DPPH radical (1209.8 μmol TE/g) and reducing power (555.8 µmol AAE 11/g) assays optimum conditions: water: glycerol: CD 12, 27:60:13 and 80 °C [77]

1 TPC: total phenolic content; 2 GAE: gallic acid equivalent; 3 AA: antioxidant activity; 4 DPPH: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; 5 FRAP: ferric reducing ability of plasma; 6 RT: room temperature; 7 aTocE: alpha-tocopherol equivalent; 8 PE: pyrogallol equivalent; 9 ABTS: 2,2’-azino-bis-(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid); 10 TE: trolox equivalent; 11 AAE: ascorbic acid equivalent; and 12 CD: 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin.