“…Indeed, the traditional extraction methods including maceration, Soxhlet extraction and percolation required a long time of extraction which induces an important energy consuming, a large quantity of residual solvents and the bioactive compounds which are very sensitive to oxygen and heat can be degraded [6,7]. In recent years, a combination of organic solvent with low boiling point and steam distillation method was explored [7,8] as well as some intensified extraction methods including microwave [9,10], supercritical fluids [11], D.I.C-assisted hydrodistillation (D.I.C: Détente Instantanée Contrôlée in french) which is based on a thermomechnical extraction process [12], ultrasound assisted extraction [13,14], ionic liquid-based microwave-assisted extraction [15], ohmic-assisted hydrodistillation [16], and enzyme-assisted microwave hydro-distillation [17]. Among these numerous extraction processes, ultrasonication is reported to attack the integrity of plant cell walls resulting in the release of extractives and the most accessible polysaccharides as well as release of less extractable cell wall components [18,19].…”