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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Ethnomedicines Network
ISSN: 0189-6016
Vol. 11, No. 2, 2014, pp. 277-279
Bioline Code: tc14043
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2014, pp. 277-279

 en EVALUATION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF FOENICULUM VULGARE check for this species in other resources MILL (FENNEL) FRUITS EXTRACTED BY THREE DIFFERENT EXTRACTION METHODS BY GC/MS
Hammouda, Faiza M.; Saleh, Mahmoud A.; Abdel-Azim, Nahla S.; Shams, Khaled A.; Ismail, Shams I.; Shahat, Abdelaaty A. & Saleh, Ibrahim A.

Abstract

Background: Hydrodistillation (HD) and steam-distillation, or solvent extraction methods of essential oils have some disadvantages like thermal decomposition of extracts, its contamination with solvent or solvent residues and the pollution of residual vegetal material with solvent which can be also an environmental problem. Thus, new green techniques, such as supercritical fluid extraction and microwave assisted techniques, are potential solutions to overcome these disadvantages.
Materials and Methods: The aim of this study was to evaluate the essential oil of Foeniculum vulgare check for this species in other resources subsp. Piperitum fruits extracted by three different extraction methods viz. Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) using CO2, microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and hydro-distillation (HD) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS).
Results: The results revealed that both MAE and SFE enhanced the extraction efficiency of the interested components. MAE gave the highest yield of oil as well as higher percentage of Fenchone (28%), whereas SFE gave the highest percentage of anethol (72%).
Conclusion: Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) not only enhanced the essential oil extraction but also saved time, reduced the solvents use and produced, ecologically, green technologies.

Keywords
Foeniculum vulgare subsp. Piperitum; microwave-assisted extraction (MAE); Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE); Essential Oils; Anethol; Fenchone; Limonene; Pinene; GC/MS

 
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