Extraction of local ginger essential oil using microwave assisted extraction (MAE) and steam distillation

• Main Authors: Broncano, Mary Lene C., Manongdo, Jasmin Karina T., Oliveros, Lilly-Ann R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Essences and essential oils; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7300
• Institution: De La Salle University

Ginger oil was extracted from the air-dried rhizomes of Zingiber officinale by steam distillation and microwave assisted extraction (MAE). Conditions for MAE were varied and the setting with ethanol as solvent, 1 minute extraction time at 60°C, 20 g sample per 70 ml solvent, gave the highest yield...