Riyanto, R.; Jinan, V.N. Nutmeg Oil (Myristica Fragrans) Extraction Using CO2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SCFE). Preprints2023, 2023100283. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0283.v1
APA Style
Riyanto, R., & Jinan, V.N. (2023). Nutmeg Oil (Myristica Fragrans) Extraction Using CO2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SCFE). Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0283.v1
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Riyanto, R. and Vika Nur Jinan. 2023 "Nutmeg Oil (Myristica Fragrans) Extraction Using CO2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SCFE)" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0283.v1
Abstract
Demand for nutmeg essential oil in Indonesia and the world is increasing. Nutmeg essential oil is obtained from young nutmeg seeds extracted by water steam distillation (WSD). The weakness of the extraction process with WSD is the long distillation time (24 hours), wasteful of fuel, wasteful of manpower, produces polluting gases which damage the environment and requires a lot of water as a coolant. The purpose of this study was to compare the WSD and SCFE methods for extracting nutmeg essential oil. The research was conducted by extracting nutmeg essential oil using two methods are WSD and SCFE. The results showed that the chemical composition of the nutmeg essential oil produced by the two methods was almost similar. Nutmeg essential oil produced by both methods shows the same characterization. The yield between the two methods is almost the same, in the range of 10-12% using extraction time 15-60 minutes. The SCFE method has advantages over WSD are a faster extraction time, does not require heating materials and CO2 gas can be reused. In conclusion, SCFE is an alternative method to increase the production of nutmeg oil.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Materials Science and Technology
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