Research Progress on Extraction Process for Limonene from Orange Peel
Limonene is an important chemical component in orange peel,which has bactericidal,antioxidant,antiviral and cholesterollowering physiological activities,and is widely used in pharmaceutical,food and fragrance fields.Four extraction methods of limonene,namely solvent extraction,steam distillation extraction,soxhlet extraction and supercritical extraction,were introduced in this paper,and their related detection methods and technical standards were introduced to provide reference value for the application and production of limonene.