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- Title
PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF LEMONGRASS OIL: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS.
- Authors
Chaudhary, Tushar; Varshney, Chirag; Khan, Afzal; Singh, Balwan; Jainer, Shubham; Tiwari, Ankush Kumar; Nagarjan, K.; Singh, Ajay Pal
- Abstract
This article provides a thorough analysis of the pharmacological effects, extraction characteristics, composition, and industrial uses of lemongrass essential oil. Since ancient times, people have used lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) essential oil as a cure to enhance the body's immune system, treat fever and malaria, improve blood circulation, and stimulate digestion. Essential oils made from lemongrass are used in a wide variety of sectors Aromatherapy, the food and beverage business, the pharmaceutical industry, the fragrance and flavour industry, the agriculture and livestock sector, the cosmetic and soap industry and the household and domestic industry are just some of the many businesses that make extensive use of them. The process that is utilized to extract the lemongrass essential oil, in addition to the conditions in which it is manufactured, have a sizeable impact on the product's overall quality. Lemongrass essential oil can be extracted through a wide variety of processes, some of which include steam distillation, traditional solvent extraction, Soxhlet extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), hydro distillation (HD), microwave-assisted hydro distillation (MAHD), simultaneous distillation and extraction (SDE), solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) with carbon dioxide. The essential oil of Citronella contains a wide variety of chemicals, including citronellyl, geraniol, elemol elemene, citral A, citral B, caryophyllene, citronellyl acetate, geranyl acetate and -caryophyllene oxide, to name just a few of them. Additionally, significant amounts of minerals such as iron, zinc, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, manganese and phosphorus can be discovered in lemongrass oil. In terms of its physicochemical properties, lemongrass oil is notable for a number of characteristics, including percentage of citral, freezing point, moisture content, acid value, ester value, carbonyl value, specific gravity, optical rotation, refractive index and phenol content, to name a few. However, the exact chemical make-up of lemongrass essential oil can change depending on a variety of circumstances, such as the plant's cultivar, age, geographic origin, photoperiod, harvesting season, and photoperiod, as well as the agricultural operations and agricultural practices used to produce the oil. Lemongrass oil is therefore employed in many pharmaceutical businesses as an antidepressant, analgesic, antipyretic, antibacterial, antiseptic digestive and astringent due to the presence of diverse chemical components.
- Subjects
LEMONGRASS; SUPERCRITICAL fluid extraction; ESSENTIAL oils; FLAVORING essences; FOOD aroma; SPECIFIC gravity; OPTICAL rotation; CARYOPHYLLENE
- Publication
Biochemical & Cellular Archives, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p587
- ISSN
0972-5075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/bca.2024.24.1.587