various plant organelles and as plant protection
against herbivores and infection, as well as to
attract pollinators (Dudareva and Negre, 2005).
At present, the demand for volatile oil is
expanding. Essential oils can be extracted using a
variety of methods, such as hydro distillation and
solvent extraction, although some are not
commonly used today, such as cold and hot
enfleurage extraction (Maliga, 2003).
The objectives of this work were to use
tuberose flowers to compare the scent, percentage
oil yield and chemical component of tuberose
absolutes obtained by cold or hot enfleurage
extraction and by solvent extraction using hexane
or petroleum ether.