Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Two Types of Antioxidant Compounds (TPC and TA) from Black Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> L.): Optimization of the Individual and Simultaneous Extraction Methods

• Main Authors: Mercedes Vázquez-Espinosa, Ana V. González-de-Peredo, Estrella Espada-Bellido, Marta Ferreiro-González, Juan José Toledo-Domínguez, Ceferino Carrera, Miguel Palma, Gerardo F. Barbero
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
• Series: Agronomy
• Subjects: anthocyanins; antioxidant compounds; <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i>; functional food; phenolic compounds; multiple response optimization; ultrasound-assisted extraction
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/8/456

Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> L.) contains a large number of bioactive compounds, which make of it a highly nutritional and antioxidant food with anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. It has been recently seen its consumption increased because of its interesting composition and properties as a functional food. The ultrasound-assisted extraction method has been optimized, since it is a simple and fast technique to extract phenolic compounds, as well as anthocyanins, not only separately but also simultaneously. Multiple response has been optimized and demonstrated an effectiveness level similar to the individual ones. This represents a considerable reduction in costs, time and work. The optimal conditions for simultaneous extractions were: 54% methanol as extraction solvent at pH 2.72 and 69.4 &#176;C temperature, 70% amplitude, 0.7 s cycle, and 0.5:18.2 g:mL sample mass/solvent volume ratio. The developed methods showed a high precision level with coefficients of variation lower than 5%. The methods were successfully applied to commercial samples. Additionally, the extraction of other compounds of biological interest, such as organic acids and sugars, was also studied.