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

Authors

NURAN KAHRİMAN
GONCA TOSUN
HASAN GENÇ
NURETTİN YAYLI

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.

DOI

10.3906/kim-0910-289

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