The experiment examined the phenol substances in alcoholic extracts, etheric oil and hydrolate from tangerine peel. Mandarins were harvested in the second week of October 2015 in the territory of Croatia in Opuzen. Aqueous vapor distillation was made from the mandarin peel, where essential oil and hydrolyte were obtained. We also made extractions using maceration with 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 90 %, 96 % ethanol and 100 % methanol. Using HPLC analysis (high-performance liquid chromatography) we identified phenolic substances from the mandarin peel. We analyzed derivatives of phenolic acids (coffeic, ferulic and p-coumaric) and 3 groups of flavonoids: flavones (derivatives of lutein, apigenin, cryzoeryol and diosmin), flavonols (derivatives of quercetin and isoramnetin) and flavanones (derivatives of naringenin, hespyridine, isosacuratin, neohespenidine and derivative of naringenin. Among all the phenol groups analyzed, we measured most flavanones in extraction with 90 % ethanol, the minimum content was of phenolic acids with 40 % ethanol. Flavons and flavonols were present in similar concentrations. Flavons and flavonols were present in similar concentrations. The effect of the different concentrations of ethanol and methanol on the extraction of phenolic substances in the extracts of the mandarin peel was statistically significant. The best extraction of phenolic acids, flavones, and flavonols was at 40 % ethanol, while most flavanones were extracted in 90 % ethanol.
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