Table 4 Results of Box-Behnken test design

Test number Factors and coding Sterilization rate (Y1) (%) Water activity (Y2)
A B C
1 0 0 0 99.67±0.22 0.893±0.003
2 0 –1 1 96.57±2.33 0.903±0.004
3 –1 0 –1 90.11±5.01 0.924±0.003
4 1 0 –1 95.47±2.32 0.899±0.006
5 0 1 –1 97.19±1.15 0.911±0.005
6 0 0 0 99.63±0.17 0.889±0.003
7 1 –1 0 97.13±2.11 0.910±0.003
8 0 0 0 99.54±0.21 0.882±0.002
9 –1 –1 0 89.39±2.22 0.919±0.003
10 –1 1 0 87.01±1.84 0.941±0.005
11 1 1 0 92.17±2.09 0.925±0.005
12 0 0 0 99.61±0.32 0.879±0.002
13 0 1 1 90.01±1.33 0.926±0.005
14 0 0 0 99.46±0.46 0.875±0.003
15 1 0 1 99.04±0.33 0.898±0.001
16 –1 0 1 92.14±4.11 0.906±0.005
17 0 –1 –1 91.67±0.87 0.920±0.003
Values are mean±standard deviation.