Abstract:
Essential oils were extracted from
Elsholtzia fruticosa with supercritical CO
2 flurd extraction. The results of experiments indicate that the optimum extraction of pressure, temperature, extraction time and CO
2 fluid are 15 MPa, 45 ℃, 1.5 h, 5 mL•min
-1, respectively,and the yield of SFECO
2 extracts is 2.87%. The chemical constituents of extracts of
Elsholtzia fruticosa were determined by GC/MS. The relative contents of constitutes were determined by area normalizing method. 38 constituents are identified from 44 separated peaks, amounting to total mass fraction 96.46%. The main compounds are
p-cymene(19.34%),
cis-caryophyll-ene (18.23%),
β-pinene(7.10%), carvacrol (5.63%), thymol(6.48%), 3-octanone (5.26%), etc. Acetic acid dodecyl ester(0.29%), 2-octene-1-ol(0.69%),pentadecanol acetate(0.86%), hexadecanoic acid(0.70%), 9,12-octadecadienoic acid methyl ester(1.58%), 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester(0.84%),9-octadecenoic acid(0.92%) are determined in essential oils of
Elsholtzia fruticosa.