Pengaruh Waktu Destilasi Terhadap Kadar Minyak Atsiri Pada Biji Pala

Abstract

Nutmeg is a spice plant which is also an essential oil that is widely used community. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of nutmeg essential oil obtained by steam distillation method, the results showed that nutmeg oil tested had different levels of essential oils, with variations in time of 4 hours had higher levels of essential oil 7%, 6 hours had higher levels of 8% essential oil and 8 hours had higher levels of 5% volatile oil. So that maximum result can be used for distillation time 6 hours.