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| Title: | Screening of essential oil obtained from inflorescence of lemongrass [Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats] accessions |
| Authors: | Sarma, Aniruddha
Sarma, Hemen
Sarma, T. C.
Handique, A. K. |
| Keywords: | Inflorescence oil
Cymbopogon flexuosus
Lemongrass
Citral
Geranyl acetate
Chemo-types |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | Inflorescences of lemongrass [Cymbopogon
flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats]
accessions RLJ-TC-1, RLJ-TC-4, RLJ-TC-9 and RLJ-TC-10 were freshly harvested at
premature and mature stages. These were hydro-distilled for extraction of oil
and compared with standard cultivar OD-19. Gas-chromatographic analysis of the
oils from premature and mature inflorescences showed eight major constituents
consisting of 90% of the oil. Citral (neral + geranial) was found to be the
major constituent. Geranyl acetate was higher in the oil of pre-mature
inflorescences and decreased on maturity, while citral content increased in the
oil of mature inflorescences. Oil percentage was found higher in pre-mature
inflorescence as compared to mature inflorescence and varied significantly (P=0.01).
Major components (%) present in these oils were compared with OD-19, a standard
cultivar and found to be at par. |
| Page(s): | 236-241 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(2) [June 2011]
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