Extraction and formulation of perfume from lemon grass

Abstract

Lemon grass is perennial herb which has been cultivating in Ethiopia and known astej-sar which has been using to decorate the house rather than for perfume application. The objective of this study was to develop a perfume at optimum extraction point using sox let extraction from tej-sar (Cymbopogon citratus). The effect of different parameters, such as extraction time and particle size was determined on the extraction yield of essential oil. The percentage oil yield in dried samples small size was higher as compared to dried samples of large size due to solvate formation.For soxhletextraction, the minimum essential oil yield has been obtained 0.65% for large size particles with range of 2.5-5mm after the extraction time of 3:00 hr and 0.79% for small size particle of lemon grass after the extraction time of 2.30 hours with ranges of from 0.1-2.5mm. From the experiment what was obtained was applicable for perfume due to it consisted of citral number that has lemony aroma. The extracted oilfrom tej-sar was developed into perfume using a fixative.