© The Authors, 2021, Published by the Universidad del Zulia *Corresponding author: tamaramolero@unad.edu.do
Tamara Molero Paredes
1,3*
Said Kas-Danouche
2,3
Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ). 2022, 39(1): e223913
ISSN 2477-9407
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47280/RevFacAgron(LUZ).v39.n1.13
Food Technology
Associate editor: Dra. Gretty Ettienne
1
Universidad del Zulia. Facultad de Humanidades y
Educación. Departamento de Biología. Venezuela.
2
Universidad de Oriente. Escuela de Ciencias. Departamento
de Matemática. Laboratorio de Matemática Aplicada para la
Industria. Venezuela.
3
Universidad Adventista Dominicana. Facultad de
Humanidades. Escuela de Ciencias. República Dominicana.
Recibido: 10-06-2021
Aceptado: 11-11-2021
Published: 03-02-2022
Keywords:
Aloin
Concentration
Estimate
Mathematical modeling
Estimation of aloin concentration in Aloe vera L. (Aloe barbadensis Mill.) by mathematical
modeling
Estimación de la concentración de aloína en Aloe vera L. (Aloe barbadensis Mill.) mediante
modelización matemática
Estimativa da concentração de aloína em Aloe vera L. (Aloe barbadensis Mill.) por modelagem
matemática
Abstract
Aloin is one of the secondary metabolites that gives plants of the genus
Aloe spp. their healing properties. The concentration of aloin is related to
the fresh mass and, its industrial purifcation involves laboratory processes
that add extra costs to its commercialization. The objective of this research
was to mathematically modelize the estimation of the aloin concentration in
A. vera L. from the fresh mass. The theory of discrete perfect least squares
approximations was used, considering linear and exponential approximation
functions. For the tabulation of the data, the option of class mark and the
average of the values were used. The analyses of the approximations indicate
that the exponential curves approximate the data better (with R
2
= 75% and
82% for the two options, respectively) than the straight lines (with R
2
= 65%
and 70% for the two options, respectively). The use of these approximations
is recommended to estimate the concentration of aloin in A. vera plants
based on their fresh mass, facilitating the measurement of this secondary
metabolite, and minimizing costs in the industrialization process.