Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7598835 | Food Chemistry | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) has been proposed as a green method for the extraction of essential oil from aromatic herbs that are extensively used in the food industry. This technique is a combination of microwave heating and dry distillation performed at atmospheric pressure without any added solvent or water. The isolation and concentration of volatile compounds is performed in a single stage. In this work, SFME and a conventional technique, hydro-distillation HD (Clevenger apparatus), are used for the extraction of essential oil from rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) and are compared. This preliminary laboratory study shows that essential oils extracted by SFME in 30Â min were quantitatively (yield and kinetics profile) and qualitatively (aromatic profile) similar to those obtained using conventional hydro-distillation in 2Â h. Experiments performed in a 75Â L pilot microwave reactor prove the feasibility of SFME up scaling and potential industrial applications.
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Authors
Aurore Filly, Xavier Fernandez, Matteo Minuti, Francesco Visinoni, Giancarlo Cravotto, Farid Chemat,