ESSENTIAL OIL OF Piper aduncum (PIPERACEAE) FROM SAPEZAL/MT: ANALYSIS OF CONTENT AND YIELD AND THE EFFECT OF DRYING THE LEAVES AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES
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https://doi.org/10.52832/jesh.v6i2.666Keywords:
Brazilian Savanna. Monkey-Pepper. Hydrodistillation. Artificial Drying. Natural Drying.Abstract
The drying of aromatic plants is an activity that has attracted interest in the post-harvest, as it reduces the water content, which allows the preservation of active principles, makes it possible to store larger volumes of plant material, as well as preserve essential oils (EOs) long term for future testing. Considering this, the objective of this work was to evaluate the EO content and yield of leaves of Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae) collected in Sapezal, Mato Grosso, as well as to verify the effect of drying the leaves at different temperatures. For that, the leaves were dried in the shade (room temperature, 25 °C) and forced into an oven with circulated air (30 °C and 40 °C) for ≈ 7 days, and the EOs were extracted by hydrodistillation with a Clevenger® apparatus for 4 h. It was observed that the fresh leaves of P. aduncum had a lower content in relation to the dry leaves. However, the yield of these dry leaves was higher, which is probably related to the greater amount of dry matter found in these samples. Furthermore, EO content in dry leaves were similar to each other, regardless of the drying condition (25 °C, 30 °C, 40 °C). However, it was observed that the highest EO yield was recorded for P. aduncum leaves dried at 30 °C. Thus, this study provides evidence that drying P. aduncum at different temperatures affects EO content and yield.
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