The Effect of Air-Drying on Yield of Essential Oil from Sereh Wangi Plants Cultivated on Degraded Land

Abstract

Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus L) is a kind of plant producing essential oil. The cultivation does not require special requirements, can be grown on less fertile soil, and able to rehabilitate degraded and critical lands. In this study, 5 levels of drying duration (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 days) were observed for their effect on the yield of citronella oil grown at 3 critical levels of land (quite critical, critical, and very critical). The experiment was designed in a completely randomized block design with 3 replications. The distillation of whole citronella leaves was carried out for 4 hours using steam distillation method. The result showed that the air drying significantly affected the yield of citronella oil. An increase in drying duration decreased the yield of oil in a linear trend. The highest yield of oil was produced from fresh raw material (0 days drying duration). The decrease of the oil yield due to the increase of drying duration at three levels of critical land (quite critical, critical, and very critical) followed the equation Y1 = - 0.024x + 0.711; Y2 = -0.017x + 0.704; and Y3 = -0.012x + 0.704 (for y = yield [%] and x = drying duration [day]).

Chemical Composition and Anti-Candida Activity of Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. Essential Oils Obtained by Different Distillation Processes

“…Numerous studies have confirmed that EO yield decreases with time [24][25][26] or at least reaches equilibrium at some point without further increase [27][28][29]. There are also data from the literature suggesting different effects of drying on EO content [30], as some studies noted a significant decrease in yield [31], while others reported an increase [26]. These differences could be due to the drying time as well as the temperature used [30].…”

Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus L.) Oil Yield Analysis Planted with Agroforestry and Monoculture Patterns on Post-Coal Mining Revegetation Land

“…Rendemen Varietas Sitrona 2 Agribun dari hasil penelitian lebih tinggi (P4 =1,95) dibandingkan dari penelitian Kementerian Pertanian (2016) sebesar 1,83% yang dilakukan di kebun percobaan monokultur. Penelitian (Zheljazkov et al 2011) yang dilakukan di Verona dan Poplarville, Mississippi dengan perlakuan pemupukan menghasilkan rendemen 0,33% -0,55%, sedangkan penelitian Achmad et al (2019) di Sungai Gelam, Muaro Jambi dengan perlakuan berbagai cara distilasi menghasilkan rendemen sebesar 0,66%-0,68%. Hasil ini membuktikan bahwa Varietas G2 dan Sitrona 2 Agribun mampu menghasilkan rendemen yang tinggi.…”

Feasibility Study of Citronella Agribusiness

“…Indonesian citronella oil in the world market is known as Citronella Oil of Java [2]. Citronella can be an alternative that can be used for development on dry land and sub-optimal land [3][4][5]. The nature of its ease of being able and easy to grow in various conditions is characterized by its special morphological characters such as long fibrous roots and clumps that are easy to grow such as weeds, long and pointed leaves that require relatively less water and are able to adapt in several conditions so that this plant has economic value prospect that deserve to be taken into account [6,7].…”