Comparison of eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. oils from Mozambique as obtained by hydrodistillation and supercritical carbon dioxide extraction

J Agric Food Chem. 2001 May;49(5):2339-42. doi: 10.1021/jf0013611.

Abstract

Leaf oils of E. camaldulensis Dehn. from Mozambique obtained by hydrodistillation and by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction under different conditions were compared with regard to their major components. The oil obtained by hydrodistillation showed high concentrations of 1,8-cineole (43%), alpha-pinene (5.5%), beta-pinene (3.4%), p-cymene (5.2%), terpinen-4-ol (3.1%), and globulol (4.1%). The extracts obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction have lower amounts of 1,8-cineole, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, and terpinen-4-ol, but have higher amounts of allo-aromadendrene and globulol. At the same time, distilled oil of E. radiata was extracted from an inert matrix (Celite) and the extract showed a higher content of 1,8-cineole at 80 bar and 60 degrees C than the feed, suggesting that a multiple-stage supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of the E. camaldulensis studied can produce an oil close to the market requirements set by the European pharmacopoeias.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / chemistry*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / isolation & purification
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Drug Combinations
  • Monoterpenes
  • Mozambique
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
  • Oils, Volatile / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Drug Combinations
  • Monoterpenes
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • ingalipt