SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE OIL FROM ORANGE PEEL

In this paper we studied the essential oil, which was separated of orange peel. Orange oil mainly consists of monoterpene hydrocarbons (α- and β-pinene, myrcene, camphene, limonene, ocimen, α-felandren, p-cymene), oxygenates terpenes (linalool, α-terpineol, nerol, citronellol, citronellal, citral, acetates of linalyl, geranyl and neril, β-phenoxyethanol, etc. Obtaining the oil from orange peel was made, by extraction with Soxhlet extractor. For the essential oil obtained was determined, the physico-chemical properties. Essential oil from orange peel is used in perfumery and flavoring for sweets