Research Article

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

Table 6

ANOVA of all factors and summary statistics of EPA composition.

Response variablesSourceSum of squaresDFMean squareF-valuep value

Model0.13630.042942.389< 0.0001
Linear
A0.08410.08478.358< 0.0001
C0.00510.0054.7030.0492
Quadratic
A20.04710.04744.107< 0.0001
Residual0.014130.001
Lack of Fit0.013110.0011.7470.4199
Pure Error0.00120.001
Corrected Total0.15016
Summary Statistics
R20.9073
Adjusted R20.8859
Predicted R20.8526
Adequate Precision21.388

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