Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
8407326 
Journal Article 
Extraction methods for tuberose oil and their chemical components 
Rakthaworn, P; Dilokkunanant, U; Sukkatta, U; Vajrodaya, S; Haruethaitanasan, V; Pitpiangchan, P; Punjee, P 
2009 
43 
5 SUPPL. 
204-211 
English 
The objectives of the project were to compare essential oil extraction methods from the double-flower variety of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.). The flowers were extracted by cold or hot enfleurage, or by solvent extraction with hexane or petroleum ether. The chemical composition of the tuberose absolutes was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed that percentage yields of tuberose oil from cold enfleurage, hot enfleurage, hexane and petroleum ether extractions were 0.3137%, 6.5808%, 0.0279% and 0.0182%, respectively. The main chemical component detected in both enfleurage absolutes was methyl benzoate, while benzyl benzoate and pentacosane were found to be the main chemical components in hexane and petroleum ether absolutes, respectively. 
Absolute; Chemical component; Distillation; Enfleurage; Essential oil; Polianthes tuberosa L.; Solvent extraction