Commiphora wildii Merxm. Essential Oil: Natural Heptane Source and Co-Product Valorization.

ABSTRACT: As an alternative to fossil volatile hydrocarbon solvents used nowadays in perfumery, investigation on essential oil of Commiphora wildii Merxm. oleo gum resin as a source of heptane is reported here. Heptane, representing up to 30 wt-% of this oleo gum resin, was successfully isolated from the C. wildii essential oil, using an innovative double distillation process. Isolated heptane was then used as a solvent in order to extract some noble plants of perfumery. It was found that extracts obtained with this solvent were more promising in terms of sensory analysis than those obtained from fossil-based heptane. In addition, in order to valorize the essential oil depleted from heptane, chemical composition of this oil was found to obtain, and potential biological activity propert

SUBMITTER: Mansouri D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9863203 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature