Development of fragrance carrier from Luffa acutangula using zeolite A

Abstract

In order to study the effect of zeolite A (ZA) addition to adsorption efficiency of green tea oil (GTO) by Luffa fibre, an experiment has been carried out to prepare matrix zeolite A embedded in Luffa fiber composite (L-ZA) used as a fragrance carrier. LZA which retained the rate of release of GOT can be used as air freshener. This paper presents surface properties of ZA and influence of these properties on the ability to adsorb several fragrance compounds: cyclododecanol, heptanal,2-(phenylmethylene), isocitronellol, tonalid, and diethyl phthalate. The mass of ZA were varied 1; 2; 3 g and named as L-ZA1, L-ZA2 and L-ZA3 respectively. L-ZA composite was synthesized by mixing method using ZA and 1 g sodium alginate (SA). The function of SA is as a matrix binder, which it can also adsorb the GOT. The adsorption efficiency of perfume in L-ZA composite was observed by gravimetric analysis. Luffa, ZA and SA each have adsorption efficiency of 292.64%, 94.54% and 90.13%, respectively. Furthermore, the adsroption capacity were measured by gravimetric method, the structure of matrices was analyzed by SEM, and the bioactive compound of GTO were analyzed by FTIR and GC-MS.