EFFECTS OF POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS ON YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF CORIANDER HERB OIL

Authors
SMALLFIELD BM PERRY NB BEAUREGARD DA FOSTER LM DODDS KG
Citation
Bm. Smallfield et al., EFFECTS OF POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS ON YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF CORIANDER HERB OIL, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 42(2), 1994, pp. 354-359
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
354 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1994)42:2<354:EOPTOY>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The effects of the postharvest treatments of chopping and storage on t he yield and composition of coriander herb oils from pilot-scale steam distillations are reported. Chopping the plant material gave an avera ge 10.4 L/ha increase in oil yield. The oil composition is also change d by chopping and storage. The relative levels of the aldehydes [(E)-2 -decenal is the major one] fall and the relative levels of alcohols ri se with increased time of storage. However, oil yields drop after stor age for more than 4 h. Small-scale solvent extracts confirmed these re sults.