Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract

This study aimed to determine the effect of different solvents and temperatures on the citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass powder extract. Freeze-dried lemongrass powder was extracted using three solvent extractions of hexane, petroleum ether, and methanol at...

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Main Authors: Faridah Yahya, Tay, Wei Teng, Nor Hayati Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/
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author Faridah Yahya,
Tay, Wei Teng
Nor Hayati Ibrahim,
author_facet Faridah Yahya,
Tay, Wei Teng
Nor Hayati Ibrahim,
author_sort Faridah Yahya,
building UKM Institutional Repository
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description This study aimed to determine the effect of different solvents and temperatures on the citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass powder extract. Freeze-dried lemongrass powder was extracted using three solvent extractions of hexane, petroleum ether, and methanol at three different temperatures of 27°C, 40°C, and 60°C. Citral concentrations of lemongrass extract were identified and quantified by gas chromatography and flame ionization detector (GC-FID) while antioxidant properties were determined using analysis of total phenolic content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. Results from this study show that the methanol extract at 40°C obtained the highest total yield (37.70 ± 1.78%). Hexane was found to be the most effective solvent to extract citral compound from freeze-dried lemongrass powder with 239.08 ± 1.28 mg/mL of concentration at temperature extraction of 27°C. However, the efficiency of hexane decreasing upon heating. This study suggested that the solvent extraction using methanol at 40°C is the efficient extraction for total phenolic compound (7419.33 ± 110.78 mg GAE/L), DPPH radical scavenging activity (87.45 ± 2.70%), and FRAP assay (52.11 ± 0.07 TE/mL) of freeze-dried lemongrass powder.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:172272021-07-29T03:06:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/ Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract Faridah Yahya, Tay, Wei Teng Nor Hayati Ibrahim, This study aimed to determine the effect of different solvents and temperatures on the citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass powder extract. Freeze-dried lemongrass powder was extracted using three solvent extractions of hexane, petroleum ether, and methanol at three different temperatures of 27°C, 40°C, and 60°C. Citral concentrations of lemongrass extract were identified and quantified by gas chromatography and flame ionization detector (GC-FID) while antioxidant properties were determined using analysis of total phenolic content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. Results from this study show that the methanol extract at 40°C obtained the highest total yield (37.70 ± 1.78%). Hexane was found to be the most effective solvent to extract citral compound from freeze-dried lemongrass powder with 239.08 ± 1.28 mg/mL of concentration at temperature extraction of 27°C. However, the efficiency of hexane decreasing upon heating. This study suggested that the solvent extraction using methanol at 40°C is the efficient extraction for total phenolic compound (7419.33 ± 110.78 mg GAE/L), DPPH radical scavenging activity (87.45 ± 2.70%), and FRAP assay (52.11 ± 0.07 TE/mL) of freeze-dried lemongrass powder. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/1/49_04_12.pdf Faridah Yahya, and Tay, Wei Teng and Nor Hayati Ibrahim, (2020) Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract. Malaysian Applied Biology, 49 (4). pp. 91-98. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1070&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
spellingShingle Faridah Yahya,
Tay, Wei Teng
Nor Hayati Ibrahim,
Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title_full Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title_fullStr Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title_full_unstemmed Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title_short Effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
title_sort effect of different solvents and temperatures of extraction on citral concentration and antioxidant properties of freeze-dried lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus) powder’s extract
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17227/1/49_04_12.pdf