title: The influence of purge times on the yields of essential oil components extracted from plants by pressurized liquid extraction.
abstract: The influence of different purge times on the yield of the main essential oil constituents of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.), and chamomile (Chamomilla recutita L.) was investigated. The pressurized liquid extraction process was performed by applying different extraction temperatures and solvents. The results presented in the paper show that the estimated yield of essential oil components extracted from the plants in the pressurized liquid extraction process is purge time-dependent. The differences in the estimated yields are mainly connected with the evaporation of individual essential oil components and the applied solvent during the purge; the more volatile an essential oil constituent is, the greater is its loss during purge time, and the faster the evaporation of the solvent during the purge process is, the higher the concentration of less volatile essential oil components in the pressurized liquid extraction receptacle. The effect of purge time on the estimated yield of individual essential oil constituents is additionally differentiated by the extraction temperature and the extraction ability of the applied solvent.
authors.affiliation: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chromatographic Methods, Pl. Maria Curie-Sklodowska 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wianowska
mesh_terms: D020843:Chamomile / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis*; D027542:Rosmarinus / Q000737:chemistry*; D046930:Thymus Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts