1. Microwave-assisted extraction of essential oils from herbs.
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Cardoso-Ugarte GA, Juárez-Becerra GP, Sosa-Morales ME, and López-Malo A
- Subjects
- Heating instrumentation, Heating methods, Oils, Volatile chemistry, Plant Oils chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction instrumentation, Distillation methods, Microwaves, Oils, Volatile isolation & purification, Plant Extracts chemistry, Plant Extracts isolation & purification, Plant Oils isolation & purification, Solid Phase Extraction methods
- Abstract
Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) has been recognized as a technique with several advantages over other extraction methods, such as reduction of costs, extraction time, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions. In this study, MAE was performed to obtain essential oils from two different herbs (basil and epazote). A factorial design was conducted in order to determine the effect of solvent quantity, power, and heating time on essential oil yields. Chemical composition, physical properties and yield percentage of essential oils from MAE were compared with essential oils obtained by steam distillation (SD). Amount of solvent and heating time significantly affected the yields (p < 0.05). Chemical composition and physical properties of the essential oils from basil and epazote were not affected by the extraction method (MAE or SD), with similar yielding obtained by both methods (p < 0.05).
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- 2013
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