Comparison of % composition of essential oil from peels and leaves of kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix) using hydrodistillation and solvent (ethyl acetate) extraction / Megawati Mohd Yunus
Essential oil from peels and leaves of kaffir lime were extracted by using hydrodistillation and solvent (ethyl acetate) extraction. Composition of essential oils were analysed by GC-Mass spectrometry. The major components of the hydrodistillated essential oils from peels of kaffir lime were l...
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| Format: | Student Project |
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Faculty of Applied Sciences
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/1028/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/1028/1/PPb_MEGAWATI%20MOHD%20YUNUS%20AS%2009_5%20P01.pdf |
| Summary: | Essential oil from peels and leaves of kaffir lime were extracted by using
hydrodistillation and solvent (ethyl acetate) extraction. Composition of essential oils
were analysed by GC-Mass spectrometry. The major components of the
hydrodistillated essential oils from peels of kaffir lime were limonene (16.85%) and
cironellal (3.57%) whereas citronellal (2.80%), limonene (0.31%), and pinene (0.13%)
were major components of essential oil of the ethyl acetate extract. The major
component of the ethyl acetate extract from leaves of kaffir lime was citronellal
(73.08%) and that from hydrodistillation was also citronellal (100%) |
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