Distillation
Essential oil was extracted from fresh Frangipani flowers by three distillation methods: water, steam and water-steam (Ernest et al 1947: Oyen and Dung 1999). Three hundred grams of the flowers were used in each method and they were distilled for 4 hrs. After that, light yellow oil was collected on the water surface, and dehydrated with anhydrous Na2SO4 . The oil was collected in an opaque bottle.