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Vol. 12 No. sp1 (2025): Recent Advances in Agriculture by Young Minds - II

Optimization of natural dye extraction from the flowers of Ixora coccinea Linn. using response surface methodology

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.8023
Submitted
2 March 2025
Published
07-04-2025 — Updated on 20-04-2025
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Abstract

Present study optimized the extraction of natural dyes from Ixora coccinea Linn. (Rubiaceae) flowers to address the increasing environmental threats posed by using synthetic dyes. This method employed Box-Behnken design using response surface methodology to examine extraction factors like the extraction temperature (40-80 °C), extraction time (2-4 hr) and solvent-to-sample ratio (10-30 mL/g) to maximize the total monomeric anthocyanin content. The statistical analysis demonstrated that extraction temperature and solvent-to-sample ratio were the two main factors affecting the anthocyanin yield (p < 0.0001). The study showed a statistically strong validity with an adjusted R² of 0.9712 and a predicted R² of 0.9611, confirming excellent predictive ability. The optimal extraction conditions were set at 80 °C, 3 hr and 10 mL/g for maximum anthocyanin content of 66.67 mg c3gE/L. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy studies of the ethanolic extract revealed a total of 38 phytochemical compounds including n-butyric acid 2-ethylhexyl ester (33.55 %), D-mannitol (25.01 %) and dl-?-tocopherol (18.02 %) being prominent. This study concludes successful optimization of extraction factors for I. coccinea flower dye and makes it a sustainable alternative over synthetic colorants having several industrial applications.

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