Comparative essential oil analysis of Geranium sylvaticum extracted by hydrodistillation and microwave distillation

Authors

NURAN KAHRİMAN
GONCA TOSUN
HASAN GENÇ
NURETTİN YAYLI

DOI

10.3906/kim-0910-289

Abstract

The essential oil of Geranium sylvaticum L. (Geraniaceae) was isolated by hydrodistillation (HD) and microwave distillation (MD). The composition of the volatile oils was characterized by GC-FID and GC-MS. A total of 73 and 70 compounds were identified, constituting over 90.3% and 98.7% of oil composition of G. sylvaticum, respectively. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons were shown to be the main group of constituents (HD: 31.7% and MD: 39.8%). The major component of the oils of G. sylvaticum was \gamma -muurolene (HD: 10.9% and MD: 19.6%). The comparative study showed that the amount of total volatiles (98.7%) and the major constituent (39.8%) were better in the MD of G. sylvaticum.

Keywords

Geranium sylvaticum, Geraniaceae, hydrodistillation, microwave distillation, essential oil, GC-FID, GC-MS

First Page

969

Last Page

976

Recommended Citation

KAHRİMAN, NURAN; TOSUN, GONCA; GENÇ, HASAN; and YAYLI, NURETTİN (2010) "Comparative essential oil analysis of Geranium sylvaticum extracted by hydrodistillation and microwave distillation," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 34: No. 6, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-0910-289
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol34/iss6/13