It is widely understood that various techniques for extraction of essential oils yield different compositions of product. In previous research, lemongrass essential oils had the highest composition of components when extracted by distillation as compared to high-pressure rapid infusion, solvent and soxhlet extraction. For this project, the components of lemongrass oil extracted using steam distillation under two different conditions are reported. In one method, lemongrass is added to solvent and heated along with the liquid in this flask. In method two, lemongrass is placed above the solvent such that the distillation vapor is only in contact with the herb. These extracts of both of these methods are collected and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy.

Isolation and characterization of lemongrass components using various extraction techniques

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