FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (11): 53-56.

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Extraction Technology on the Volatile Oil from Ocimum Basilicum L. by Supercritical CO2

 XIE  Hui-Ming, ZHANG  Wen-Cheng, PAN  Jian   

  1. Key Laboratory of Bioprocess of State Education Ministry, Hefei University of Technology
  • Online:2003-11-15 Published:2011-12-13

Abstract: The article introduced technology of supercritical CO2 on extracting volatile oil from dry leaves of Ocimum basiliamLinn var. pilosum (wild. )Benth, putting emphasis on effects of marinating time, SC-CO2 extracting pressure, temperature and timeon the extraction efficiencies.The optimum technology parameters were investigated by the orthogonal design. The factorsinfluencing this extraction efficiency were as follows: C>A>B (A: extraction pressure,B: extraction temperature, C: extrac-tion time), the optimum extraction conditions were: marinating time 150min,extraction pressure 18MPa,extraction temperature55℃, extraction time 120min and flux 25L/min. The maximum of extraction efficiencies was up to 2.8‰.

Key words: Ocimum Basilicum L., supercritical CO2, extraction, volatile oil