A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method
The demand of essential oil in current industry has increased due to its bioactive compound that shows various therapeutic effects. Microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD) is an advanced hydrodistillation (HD) technique, in which a microwave oven is used as the heating source. MAHD extracti...
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| description | The demand of essential oil in current industry has
increased due to its bioactive compound that shows various
therapeutic effects. Microwave-assisted hydrodistillation
(MAHD) is an advanced hydrodistillation (HD) technique, in
which a microwave oven is used as the heating source. MAHD
extraction of essential oil from Lemongrass (Cymbopogon
Citratus) was studied. The effect of different parameters, such as water to plant material ratio (6:1, 8:1,10:1), microwave power (200 W,250W) and extraction time (30min,60min, 90min,120min) on the extraction yield and its major constituents were investigated and the results were compared with those of conventional HD. These essential oils were further analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometric (GC-MS) to evaluate the effect of extraction method on the content of its main constituents which were neral, geranial and myrcene and some minor compounds such as linalool, geranic acid and citronellol. The optimum parameters were found at water to plant material ratio of 8:1, microwave power of 250W and 90 minutes of extraction and the yield obtained under this condition was 1.46%. GC-MS analysis has proved that the use of microwave irradiation did not adversely influence the composition of essential oils as the main constituents found through both methods were almost similar in term of quality and quantity. The results obtained indicate that MAHD method
provided a good alternative for the extraction of essential oil from Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) |
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| spelling | ump-95322018-01-24T07:01:00Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9532/ A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method Ranitha, Mathialagan Nour, A. H. Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman Azhari, H. Nour Thana, Raj S. Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology The demand of essential oil in current industry has increased due to its bioactive compound that shows various therapeutic effects. Microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD) is an advanced hydrodistillation (HD) technique, in which a microwave oven is used as the heating source. MAHD extraction of essential oil from Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) was studied. The effect of different parameters, such as water to plant material ratio (6:1, 8:1,10:1), microwave power (200 W,250W) and extraction time (30min,60min, 90min,120min) on the extraction yield and its major constituents were investigated and the results were compared with those of conventional HD. These essential oils were further analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometric (GC-MS) to evaluate the effect of extraction method on the content of its main constituents which were neral, geranial and myrcene and some minor compounds such as linalool, geranic acid and citronellol. The optimum parameters were found at water to plant material ratio of 8:1, microwave power of 250W and 90 minutes of extraction and the yield obtained under this condition was 1.46%. GC-MS analysis has proved that the use of microwave irradiation did not adversely influence the composition of essential oils as the main constituents found through both methods were almost similar in term of quality and quantity. The results obtained indicate that MAHD method provided a good alternative for the extraction of essential oil from Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) IACSIT Press 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9532/1/A%20Comparative%20Study%20of%20Lemongrass%20%28Cymbopogon%20Citratus%29%20Essential%20Oil%20Extracted%20by%20Microwave-Assisted%20Hydrodistillation%20%28MAHD%29%20and%20Conventional%20Hydrodistillation%20%28HD%29%20Method.pdf Ranitha, Mathialagan and Nour, A. H. and Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman and Azhari, H. Nour and Thana, Raj S. (2014) A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications (IJCEA), 5 (2). pp. 104-108. ISSN 2010-0221. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJCEA.2014.V5.360 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology Ranitha, Mathialagan Nour, A. H. Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman Azhari, H. Nour Thana, Raj S. A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title | A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title_full | A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title_fullStr | A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title_short | A Comparative Study of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus) Essential Oil Extracted by Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation (MAHD) and Conventional Hydrodistillation (HD) Method |
| title_sort | comparative study of lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus) essential oil extracted by microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) and conventional hydrodistillation (hd) method |
| topic | Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology |
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