Influence on the quality of essential lemon (Citrus aurantifolia) oil by distillation process
The essential oil of key lime (Citrus aurantifolia) was obtained by steam distillation at normal conditions (1.0 bar/25ºC) with steam at 110ºC, during 10h. The GC analysis identified about 10 main substances, being limonene, p-cymene, myrcene and beta-bisabolene the most significant compounds. Aldeh...
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| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
2006-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322006000100016 |