Research Article

Optimization of Subcritical Water Extraction (SWE) of Lipid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) from Nannochloropsis gaditana

Table 5

ANOVA of all factors and summary statistics of lipid yield.

Response variablesSourceSum of squaresDFMean squareF-valuep value

Y1Model202.934728.99117.0670.0002
Linear
A67.555167.55539.7700.0001
B0.12610.1260.0740.7915
C47.109147.10927.7330.0005
Quadratic
A242.431142.43124.9790.0007
B250.572150.57229.7720.0004
C217.097117.09710.0650.0113
Interaction
BC15.015115.0158.8400.0156
Residual15.28891.699
Lack of Fit12.77071.8241.4490.4673
Pure Error2.51721.259
Corrected Total218.22216
Summary Statistics
R20.9299
Adjusted R20.8755
Predicted R20.7381
Adequate Precision12.1945

A: temperature (°C), B: extraction time (min), and C: biomass loading (g algae/L)