Headspace single drop microextraction coupled with microwave extraction of essential oil from plant materials

J Sep Sci. 2011 May;34(9):1069-75. doi: 10.1002/jssc.201000629. Epub 2011 Mar 18.

Abstract

Headspace single drop microextraction (HS-SDME) coupled with microwave extraction (ME) was developed and applied to the extraction of the essential oil from dried Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. et Perry and Cuminum cyminum L. The operational parameters, such as microdrop volume, microwave absorption medium (MAM), extraction time, and microwave power were optimized. Ten microliters of decane was used as the microextraction solvent. Ionic liquid and carbonyl iron powder were used as MAM. The extraction time was less than 7 min at the microwave power of 440 W. The proposed method was compared with hydrodistillation (HD). There were no obvious differences in the constituents of essential oils obtained by the two methods.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Chemical Fractionation / instrumentation
  • Chemical Fractionation / methods*
  • Cuminum / chemistry*
  • Microwaves
  • Myrtaceae / chemistry*
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis
  • Oils, Volatile / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Oils / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Oils, Volatile
  • Plant Oils