Extraction of essential oils from Zingiberaceace famili by using Solvent-free Microwave Extraction (SFME), Microwave-assisted Extraction (MAE) and hydrodistillation (HD)

• Main Authors: Abd Aziz, Nor Azila, Hassan, Jumiah, Osman, Nurul Huda, Abbas, Zulkifly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Online Journals 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61831/1/Extraction%20of%20essential%20oils%20from%20Zingiberaceace%20famili.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61831/; https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/4318

Solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) is a combination of dry and wet distillation with microwave heating. Both methods were compared with hydrodistillation (HD) for the extraction of essential oil from three types of rhizomes in Zingibereaceace family: Mango ginger (Curcuma amada), Java turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb), and Black turmeric (Curcuma aeruginosa). Better results were obtained with SFME and MAE in terms of rapidity with 1 h extraction time using SFME and MAE vs. 4 h of extraction time using HD. SFME and MAE gives highest yield of essential oils at every second during the extraction process compared with HD.