A convenient method for the determination of moisture in aromatic plants.
A method is proposed for the determination of the moisture content of aromatic plants. This method is based on the co-distillation of the starting material in a modified Clevenger apparatus with four organic solvents (toluene, cyclohexane, dichloromethane and carbon tetrachloride). The results were compared with those obtained by oven drying at 105 o C and steam distillation of the essential oil. The efficiencies of the methods were shown to be equivalent. The solvent distillation method was more practical, especially with respect to operating time (2 h).
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| Format: | Artigo de periódico biblioteca |
| Language: | Ingles English |
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2023-06-12
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| Subjects: | Citronella grass, Lemongrass, Garden thyme, Tomilho, Destilación por vapor, Composición química, Propiedades y fenómenos biológicos, Planta Aromática, Mistura, Citronela, Capim Limão, Pimenta Longa, Pimenta de Macaco, Piper Hispidinervum, Menta, Mentha Arvensis, Destilação, Composição Química, Análise Biológica, Essential oil crops, Cymbopogon nardus, Cymbopogon citratus, Thymus vulgaris, Piper longum, Piper aduncum, Mentha villosa, Steam distillation, Chemical composition, Biological properties and phenomena, |
| Online Access: | http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1154392 |
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