Evaluation of the extraction process of the essential oil from Cymbopogon schoenanthus with pressurized carbon dioxide
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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48(spe): 231-236, June 2005.
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this work was to study the essential oil extraction process of Cymbopogon schoenanthus Spreg with pressured CO2, and to compare the results with a conventional extraction process. The experiment was conducted at 15°C, 66.7 bar and a medium flow rate of 1.23 g CO2/min, in a fixed bed extractor and a dynamic method was adopted for the solubility calculation. The solvent extraction was realized with ethanol in an incubator, followed by a vacuum filtration and solvent evaporation. The composition of the oil was analyzed by a gas chromatography connected to a mass spectrometer. The extraction with CO2 showed a yield of 2.78 percent, and solubility of 1.48 x 10-2 g oil/ g CO2.
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Braz. arch. biol. technol
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Biology
Year:
2005
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Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte/BR
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