Hydrodistillation and Comparative Report of Percentage Yield on Leaves and Fruit Peels from Different Citrus Plants of Rutaceae Family

Citrus fruit peels and leaves have always been the imperative attention of different researchers in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical field.Moreover, the aroma of essential oil gains good reputation in aromatherapy.The volatile oil from leaves and rind of the citrus fruit has been reported by Hydrodistillation and expression methods several times.At this time, in present study, extraction of volatile oil forms the leaves and peels of fruit from citrus plants were obtained by hydrodistillation.Total seven Citrus plants Citrus lemon, Citrus medica, Citrus aurantium, Citrus pseudolemon, Citrus sinensis, Citrus reticulate and Citrus maxima were selected here for extraction.The percentage yield so obtained was compared.