Extraction of Cinnamon Essential Oil from Cinnamon Bark using Hydro Distillation Method |
Author(s): |
| Ashish Madhukarbhai Kargavkar , PACIFIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING; Sawan B. Patel, PACIFIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING; Nikunj B. Patel, PACIFIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING |
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| Extraction, Cinnamon Bark, Essential Oil, Effective Parameters, Conventional Method |
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Cinnamon is a very unique spice mostly used in Indian recipes. Cinnamon contains Cinnamaldehyde, Eugenol, Cinnamic acid, Cinnamyl acetate, Coumarin, etc. Cinnamon has some unique healthy properties. Cinnamon is originated from South India, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico, etc. Cinnamon is broadly used in ayurvedic medicines. It also used in food industry pharmaceutical industry, perfumery industry, etc. The aim of our project is to produce high purity cinnamon essential oil using hydro distillation method. We were used Ceylon cinnamon and water as solvent for experiment. After performing experiment, we got high purity cinnamon essential oil which does not contain any harmful solvent impurities. We can utilize this high purity cinnamon essential oil in pharmaceutical industry. The optimum yield of cinnamon essential oil is between 1.5 to 1.8 % is obtained by hydro distillation method. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV5I40669 Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 4 Publication Date: 01/07/2017 Page(s): 663-664 |
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