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Composition of essential oil of lemon thyme (Thymus × citriodorus) at different hydrodistillation times

Rūta Jurevičiūtė, Kristina Ložienė, Maurizio Bruno, Antonella Maggio, Sergio Rosselli
2018 Figshare  

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Distillation time can both to optimise the production and to engineer the composition of essential oil in essential oil bearing plants. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of duration of hydrodistillation on composition of essential oil of Thymus × citriodorus, the natural source of commercially important geraniol and citral, a component with valuable biological properties. Essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation at different distillation times and analysed by GC/MS
more » ... ical methods. Increase in percentage of essential oil during all hydrodistillation time gradient was uneven. Elongation of hydrodistillation time decreased percentages of monoterpenes but increased percentages of sesquiterpenes in essential oil. Results showed that the hydrodistillation of essential oil from lemon thyme longer than 60 min is useless.
doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5852445.v1 fatcat:pyg7f5milraf5m3kzbmntbzs2i
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Rūta Jurevičiūtė, Kristina Ložienė, Maurizio Bruno, Antonella Maggio, Sergio Rosselli. "Composition of essential oil of lemon thyme (Thymus × citriodorus) at different hydrodistillation times." Figshare (2018)