Chemical Composition of Essential Oils Obtained from Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. and Schltdl Leaves Using Two Extraction Methods.

Autor: Abifarin TO; Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (MPED) Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa., Otunola GA; Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (MPED) Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa., Afolayan AJ; Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (MPED) Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: TheScientificWorldJournal [ScientificWorldJournal] 2020 Dec 02; Vol. 2020, pp. 9232810. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 02 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1155/2020/9232810
Abstrakt: This study was aimed at comparing the essential oils obtained from Heteromorpha arborescens leaves by Solvent-Free Microwave Extraction (SFME) and Hydrodistillation (HD) methods in terms of their chemical compositions, yield, CO 2 emission, and energy consumption. The solvent-free microwave extraction method indicated a higher oil yield of 0.7 mL/200 g (0.35%) as compared to 0.59 mL/200 g (0.295%) obtained through hydrodistillation. GC-MS analysis of the oils revealed a total of 52 chemical components from both methods with the presence of 35 (96.52%) and 30 (71.15%) chemical constituents for HD and SFME, respectively. The major constituents observed in the essential oil extracted by SFME methods include α -pinene (6%), D-limonene (11.27%), β -ocimene (9.09%), β -phellandrene (6.33%), β -mycene (8.49%), caryophyllene (5.96%), and camphene (4.28%). However, in the hydrodistillation method, the oil was majorly composed of a -pinene (4.41%), β -pinene (10.68%), β -ocimene (6.30%), germacrene-D (5.09%), humulene (5.55%), and α -elemene (6.18%). The SFME method was better in terms of saving energy (0.25 kWh against 4.2 kWh of energy consumed), reduced CO 2 emission (200 g against 3360 g of CO 2 ), a higher yield, and better quality of essential oil due to the presence of higher valuable oxygenated compounds (8.52%) against that of the hydrodistillation method (2.96%). The SFME method is, therefore, a good alternative for extracting the oils of H. arborescens leaves since the essential oil yield is higher with more oxygenated compounds, considerable energy savings, lower cost, and reduced environmental burden at substantially reduced extraction time (30 min as opposed to 180 min).
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
(Copyright © 2020 Taiwo Oluwafunmilola Abifarin et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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