Quality and Chemical Composition of Organic and Non-Organic Vetiver Oil

Quality and Chemical Composition of Organic and Non-Organic Vetiver Oil

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Vetiver oil (Vetiveria zizanoides) has been used as perfume materials, cosmetics, fragrance soaps, anti-inflammation, repellent, and insecticidal agents.Organic vetiver oil has higher economical value than non-organic vetiver oil and it has been regarded to be able to compete in the global market.Therefore, studies have been carried out using 1 hectare of land and the first generation of organic vetiver oil has produced 0.57% of yield, greater than click here non-organic (0.50%).

The quality of organic and non-organic vetiver oil was analyzed by Indonesian Standard (SNI) parameter, pesticide residue test, chemical composition by GC/MS, and the appearance of vetiver click here root.In general, the result of organic and non-organic vetiver oil has fulfilled the national standard; the quality of organic vetiver oil was better than non-organic one.Physically, the appearance of organic vetiver root was better than non-organic vetiver root; organic vetiver root was denser, more appealing, and did not have any black spots.The pesticide residue of organic vetiver oil was lower than non-organic vetiver oil.Based on SNI test, vetiverol (oxygen compounds) in organic vetiver oil was higher than non-organic vetiver oil.