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Production of rose absolute from rose concrete
Author(s) -
Aydinli Meltem,
Tutaş Mehmet
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1138
Subject(s) - chemistry , citronellol , nerol , geraniol , absolute (philosophy) , ethanol , alcohol , rose (mathematics) , solvent , eugenol , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , chromatography , essential oil , philosophy , epistemology , geometry , mathematics
Rose absolute was produced from rose concrete at two temperatures (−25°C, −20°C) using two concentrations (96%, 80%) of ethanol as solvent. Chemical composition of the absolute was determined by GC and GC–MS and then some properties of it such as refractive index and density were examined. It was found that the absolute mainly consists of phenylethyl alcohol, citronellol, geraniol, nerol, 1‐nonadecene, methyl eugenol, eugenol, nonadecane, benzyl alcohol. The amounts of these compounds were found to depend largely upon the conditions of production of absolute and the concentration of the ethanol used. The yields of absolute were found to be in the range of 58–64%. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.