Influência da temperatura do ar de secagem sobre o teor e a composição química do óleo essencial de Lippia alba (Mill) N. E. Brown

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FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006-12

RESUMO

Leaves of Lippia alba were submitted to six different drying treatments, using air at ambient temperature and heated up to 80 °C. The essential oil was extracted by steam distillation and analyzed by GC-MS. For the dried leaves, the oil content was reduced by 12 to 17% when compared with the fresh plant (0.66%). The major oil component was citral, representing 76% for the fresh plant, and varying from 82 to 84% for the dried material. These results showed that L. alba can be submitted to a drying process of up to 80 ºC without degradation and/or loss of the major, [LC1] active component.

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