Pineapple peel is a potential feedstock for the extraction of essential oil due to the presence of aromatic compounds. To extract the essential oil from pineapple peels, three different methods were applied, i.e., (1) hydro-distillation (HD); (2) hydrodistillation with enzyme-assisted (HDEA); and (3) supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). SFE had successfully produced an essential oil with the yield of 0.17% (w/w) together with 0.64% (w/w) of concrete, whereby the HD and HDEA had only produced hydrosols with the yield of 70.65% (w/w) and 80.65% (w/w), respectively. Parameters' optimization for HD (substrate to solvent ratio, temperature, and extraction duration) and HDEA (cellulase loading and incubation duration) significantly affected the hydrosol yield, but did not extract out the essential oil. This is because only SFE had successfully ruptured the oil gland after observed under the scanning electron microscope. The essential oil obtained from SFE composed of mainly propanoic acid ethyl ester (40.25%), lactic acid ethyl ester (19.35%), 2-heptanol (15.02%), propanol (8.18%), 3-hexanone (2.60%), and butanoic acid ethyl ester (1.58%). In overall, it can be concluded that the SFE had successfully extracted the essential oil as compared to the HD and HDEA methods.
Current development using the technique of Rapid Expansion Supercritical Solution (RESS) in solid oil particle formation pineapple peel contains a great deal active pharmacological which are anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidants, and anti-cancer agent. Many researchers use the conventional technique such as hydro-distillation, supercritical fluid extraction, and soxhlet extraction in order to extract the valuable component in oil formed. However, these techniques have several disadvantages such as long extraction time, high usage of solvent and produce toxic residual which can harm the environment. The RESS technique is not as time consuming as it will directly produce oil in particle formation, instead of conventional technique that need to undergo further technique such as spray drying in order to produce solid oil particle. In this study the extraction was conducted using temperature 40, 45, 50, 55, 60°C and the pressure used were 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 psi at a constant flowrate of 24ml/min for 50 minutes extraction time. The extracted component in solid oil particle was analyzed using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) and show that pineapple peels is rich in volatile components such as 1-Hexene, 4-methyl, Benzene, 1,1’-(1,2 cyclobutanediyl) bis-, trans, and 1-Buten-3-one, 1-(2-carboxy-4,4-dimethylcyclobutenyl).
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