Open AccessEssential Oil Hydrodistillation Process from Vietnamese Calamondin (Citrus microcarpa) Peels and GC/MS Analysis of Essential Oils Components
Author(s) -
Ngo Thi Cam Quyen,
Trần Thị Ngân,
Tan Phat Dao,
Phan Nguyen Quynh Anh,
Quoc Anh Ngo,
Ngoc-Tram Nguyen Thi,
Thuy Trang Le Ngoc,
Le Thi Hong Nhan,
Trần Thanh Trúc,
Lê Thị Phượng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2019.22148
Subject(s) - chemistry , essential oil , limonene , myrcene , distillation , chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , mass spectrometry
The essential oil of Citrus microcarpa peels was applied in many fields, and the methods to improve the efficiency of citrus exploitation were increasingly concerned. In this study, citrus essential oil was extracted from calamondin by hydrodistillation. This study was carried out to investigate the factors affecting the distillation of essential oils. The highest performance of the distillation process was 2.45 % with optimal conditions (material-water ratio of 1:3 g/mL, time of 2 h, the temperature of 120 ºC). Moreover, calamondin (Citrus microcarpa) peels oil extract was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The primary compound of calamondin essential oil include limonene 96.925%, β-myrcene 1.424 %, 1R-α-pinene 0.561 %, cyclohexene 0.343 %, 1R-α-pinene 0.561 % and β-cubebene 0.598 %.