
Citruses, or citrus essential oils, are usually aromatic compounds found in oil glands in the flowers, leaves and fruit peels of citrus plants, and most are extracted from the fruit peel. Their major component is d-limonene.
- Type
- Mirisna porodica
- Olfactive family
- Citrusni
- Source
- Oil glands in the peel of citrus fruit
- Chemical class
- Essential oils rich in monoterpene hydrocarbons (mainly limonene)
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
A single vial of Farina's aqua mirabilis cost half the annual salary of a civil servant. Eau de Cologne was once believed to protect against bubonic plague: by drinking the cologne, the citrus oil scent would exude through the pores, repelling fleas.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Citrus essential oils are released when oil sacs are crushed during juice extraction or under pressure during cold pressing of the peel waste. Cold pressing yields a watery emulsion, which is centrifuged to recover the essential oils. Distillation is another way to extract the oils, but oils obtained by distillation have been observed to deteriorate easily and develop off-odor because of the instability of terpene hydrocarbons such as d-limonene. Supercritical fluid extraction with carbon dioxide is an emerging technique that can be done at ambient temperatures in the absence of harmful organic solvents. In peel oils of Valencia orange, Ponkan and Eureka lemon, oil yields ranged from 0.37 to 0.62%, and hydrodistillation gave higher yields than cold pressing for all three species. The extraction method has an obvious effect on the proportion of terpenes and oxygenated compounds in the oils, especially for Eureka lemon oils. One hundred bergamot oranges yield about 3 ounces (85 g) of bergamot oil.
- Botanički naziv
- Citrus (family Rutaceae); kumquats and Clymenia species are now generally considered to belong within the genus.
- Sinonimi
- citrus oils, citrus essential oils
- Nota
- Complex mixture of about 400 volatile and semi-volatile compounds.
U parfemima
Bergamot extracts have been used as an aromatic ingredient in food, tea, snus, perfumes and cosmetics. An essence extracted from the aromatic skin of bergamot flavours Earl Grey and Lady Grey teas and confectionery. Citral has a strong lemon scent and is used as an aroma compound in perfumery, where it fortifies lemon oil. d-Limonene is used as a flavoring agent in food manufacturing. The characteristic flavor of citrus oils is mainly due to linalool, citral and linalyl acetate. Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region have a high demand for citrus essential oils because of their use in various food and beverages, cosmetic preparations and therapeutics. In a base of dilute ethanol (70-90%), eau de cologne contains a mixture of citrus oils, including oils of lemon, orange, tangerine, clementine, bergamot, lime, grapefruit, blood orange and bitter orange. A cologne is usually refreshingly light, unisex, with a citrus-based head note.