Essential Oil Composition of Three<i>Cymbopogon</i>Species of Indian Thar Desert

Ashok Kumar Shahi, Aldo Tava

Journal of Essential Oil Research · 1993 · 20 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The chemical composition of the essential oils of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng., C. jwarancusa (Jones) Schult, and C. jwarancusa spp. olivieri (Boiss.) Soenarko, were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The major constituents were found to be 2-undecanone (14.68%) and limonene (19.54%) in C. schoenanthus, piperitone (64.71%) in C. jwarancusa and geranial (25.47%) and neral (17.98%) in C. jwarancusa subspecies olivieri. A high proportion of oxygenated sesquiterpenes (16.30%) were also found in the oil of C. jwarancusa.

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