Thesis
Total Phenolic Content Yield and Stability Of Vanilla Planifolia In Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent Using Ultrasonic Assisted Extraction
Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) is prized for its unique flavor, typically consumed as vanilla extract, which
requires substantial extraction time using volatile ethanol. Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES),
abundant and non-volatile, have shown solvating ability for bioactive compounds. This study examines
the yield of phenolics from vanilla beans based on total phenolic content (TPC), using NADES in thermal
and ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE). The solvents used were 40% ethanol, an equimolar
combination of lactic acid-propylene glycol (LA-PG) NADES, and choline chloride-glycerol (ChoCl-Gly)
NADES. Solvents were measured for pH, followed by extraction under thermal and UAE methods, and
TPC assay quantified phenolics concentration. Ethanol had the highest pH (10.57 ±1.37), followed by
ChoCl-Gly (6.91 ±1.37), and LA-PG (1.45 ±1.62). Thermal extraction yielded the highest phenolics with
LA-PG (427.330 ±2.03 μg GAE/ml), followed by ChoCl-Gly (279.943 ±10.39 μg GAE/ml), and ethanol
(258.771 ±8.64 μg GAE/ml). In contrast, UAE gave ethanol the highest yield (894.205 ±6.91 μg GAE/ml),
followed by LA-PG (695.488 ±12.7 μg GAE/ml), and ChoCl-Gly (448.567 ±18.94 μg GAE/ml). Significant
differences were observed (p=0.001) between the TPC of NADES and ethanol, alongside between the
TPC of vanilla beans extracted with UAE and thermal extraction (p
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