Eugenol extraction from cloves using steam distillation the goal of this experiment is to isolate the natural product, eugenol, from cloves using the following procedure. Specifically, an unmodified household espresso machine is used to extract the essential oil components of cloves eugenol and acetyleugenol. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on monday, march 9, 2015. It is commonly used in wisdom tooth extraction surgeries complicated by dry. Abstract the extraction of eugenol from cloves is a frequent expe riment in organic chemistry labs at the sophomore level.
Eugenol is the main component in the essential oil of clove. Optimization of eugenol extraction from clove oil using response surface methodology article pdf available in modern applied science 911. Introduction herbs, spices, and socalled essential oils were commonly used well before. After a reaction time of 15 minutes were relatively small increase in the concentration of eugenol and almost evenly on all the variables of temperature and reaction time. Extraction of eugenol from cloves using an unmodified. It can be isolated at lower temperature by performing a codistillation with water. Eugenol, the main ingredient in clove oil, is a familiar fragrance in many dental offices as it is often mixed into a paste and used in dentistry as a local antiseptic and anesthetic. Avoid the possible toxicity, cloves were chosen for eugenol extraction.
Chem 424 lab projects unknowns 1 eugenol extraction from. These are the sources and citations used to research eugenol extraction. Eugenol is an oil that found in cloves and it is not soluble in water. The most extensively employed approaches in this regard include solvent extraction, hydrodistillation, microwaveassisted extraction. The procedure used is typical for isolating products from natural sources. Clove ebu pdf eugenia caryophyllata extraction and synthesis of. Pdf optimization of eugenol extraction from clove oil. Eugenol concentration in clove oil is as high as 90%. The challenge for the students involved in the clove experiment is to extract sufficient quantities of eugenol. It is a pale yellow oil with a warm, pungent, yet pleasing aroma, the smell of bay leaves and clove. Eugenol extraction chemistry bibliographies cite this. Clove essential oil was produced from the leaves, flowers and stems plant cloves with the extraction process. Chm 351 extraction of eugenol and acetyleugenol duration. Extraction of eugenol from cloves in this experiment, you will extract the essential oil of cloves, which is mostly eugenol.
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