Mass Transfer Coefficient Study of Shogaol Extraction in Ginger Using Subcritical Water

Abstract

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has bioactive components such as shogaol and zingerone which are able to mediate cardiac contractions, are antioxidant, antiproliferative and apoptosis. To increase the economic value, it is necessary to develop a process of extracting ginger active compounds through subcritical water. The superiority of hydrothermal extraction by using water is easy to get, cheap, abundant availability, high purity, non-toxic and easy to handle. This study aims to obtain data on the mass transfer coefficient of the extraction process of ginger bioactive compounds such as shogaol through subcritical water. These data are very much needed in the design and scale-up of the extractor tool. The results of the study show that hydrothermal extraction using subcritical water can increase the content of Shogaol compounds, compared to conventional extraction processes such as soxhletation, percolation, supercritical fluid extraction, microwave extraction, and ultrasonic extraction. Mass transfer coefficient (Kla) in the model mass transfer extraction of shogaol, ginger using subcritical water respectively 3,7503 s-1, 3,6912 s-1, 0.31435 s-1.