Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil
Lavender is one of the most appreciated aromatic plants, with high economic value in food, cosmetics, perfumery, and pharmaceutical industries. Lavender essential oil (LEO) is known to have demonstrative antimicrobial, antioxidant, therapeutic, flavor and fragrance properties. Conventional extractio...
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| description | Lavender is one of the most appreciated aromatic plants, with high economic value in food, cosmetics, perfumery, and pharmaceutical industries. Lavender essential oil (LEO) is known to have demonstrative antimicrobial, antioxidant, therapeutic, flavor and fragrance properties. Conventional extraction methods, e.g., steam distillation (SD) and hydro-distillation (HD), have been traditionally employed to extract LEO. However, the low yield, high energy consumption, and long extraction time of conventional methods have prompted the introduction of novel extraction technologies. Some of these innovative approaches, such as ohmic-assisted, microwave-assisted, supercritical fluid, and subcritical water extraction approaches, are used as substitutes to conventional extraction methods. While other methods, e.g., sonication, pulsed electric field, and cold plasma, can be used as a pre-treatment that is preceded by conventional or emerging extraction technologies. These innovative approaches have a great significance in reducing the energy consumption, shortening the extraction time, and increasing the extraction yield and the quality of EOs. Therefore, they can be considered as sustainable extraction technologies. However, the scale-up of emerging technologies to an industrial level should also be investigated from the techno-economic points of view in future studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-893981d3008b4541b8b63a0b86a11ed92025-01-10T13:17:47ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582025-01-0114110010.3390/foods14010100Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential OilSara Hedayati0Mohammad Tarahi1Arghavan Madani2Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi3Mohammad Hashem Hashempur4Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7193635899, IranDepartment of Food Science and Technology, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7144165186, IranDepartment of Food Hygiene Quality Control, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7193635899, IranDepartment of Food Hygiene Quality Control, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7193635899, IranResearch Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134845794, IranLavender is one of the most appreciated aromatic plants, with high economic value in food, cosmetics, perfumery, and pharmaceutical industries. Lavender essential oil (LEO) is known to have demonstrative antimicrobial, antioxidant, therapeutic, flavor and fragrance properties. Conventional extraction methods, e.g., steam distillation (SD) and hydro-distillation (HD), have been traditionally employed to extract LEO. However, the low yield, high energy consumption, and long extraction time of conventional methods have prompted the introduction of novel extraction technologies. Some of these innovative approaches, such as ohmic-assisted, microwave-assisted, supercritical fluid, and subcritical water extraction approaches, are used as substitutes to conventional extraction methods. While other methods, e.g., sonication, pulsed electric field, and cold plasma, can be used as a pre-treatment that is preceded by conventional or emerging extraction technologies. These innovative approaches have a great significance in reducing the energy consumption, shortening the extraction time, and increasing the extraction yield and the quality of EOs. Therefore, they can be considered as sustainable extraction technologies. However, the scale-up of emerging technologies to an industrial level should also be investigated from the techno-economic points of view in future studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/14/1/100lavender essential oilmedicinal herbsextractiondistillationemerging technologiesbioactivity |
| spellingShingle | Sara Hedayati Mohammad Tarahi Arghavan Madani Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi Mohammad Hashem Hashempur Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil Foods lavender essential oil medicinal herbs extraction distillation emerging technologies bioactivity |
| title | Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil |
| title_full | Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil |
| title_short | Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (<i>Lavandula</i> spp.) Essential Oil |
| title_sort | towards a greener future sustainable innovations in the extraction of lavender i lavandula i spp essential oil |
| topic | lavender essential oil medicinal herbs extraction distillation emerging technologies bioactivity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/14/1/100 |
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