Marcusson device

Preparation of very small amounts of essential oils may be necessary if only very small amounts of plant material are available and can be fundamental in chemotaxonomic investigations and control analysis but also for medicinal and spice plant breeding. In the past, numerous attempts have been made to minimize conventional distillation devices. As an example, the modi ed Marcusson device may be quoted (Bicchi et al., 1983) by which 0.2 3 g plant material suspended in 50 mL water can be distilled and collected in 100 pL analytical grade pentane or hexane. The analytical results proved to be identical with those obtained by conventional distillation. 

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