Optimization of extraction parameters by using response surface methodology, purification, and identification of anthocyanin pigments in melastoma malabathricum fruit

• Main Authors: Anuar, Nordiyanah, Mohd Adnan, Ahmad Faris, Saat, Naziz, Aziz, Norkasmani, Taha, Rosna Mat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9620/1/00010566_96963.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9620/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/810547

Anthocyanins not just have various benefits in food industry but also have been used as natural colourants in cosmetic, coating products and as potential natural photosensitizers in solar cell. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to obtain information on the maximum yield of anthocyanin that ca...