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| Title: | Aroma profile of seeds of Carum carvi Linn. cultivated in higher hills of Uttarakhand Himalaya |
| Authors: | Gwari, Garima
Bhandari, Ujjwal
Andola, Harish Chandra
Lohani, Hema
Chauhan, Nirpendra |
| Keywords: | Carum carvi
Caraway
Aroma profile
Seeds
Uttarakhand Himalaya |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)—A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | Carum carvi Linn. (Caraway) is an established promising source of essential
oils. The variation in the oil content and essential oil composition of its
cultivated crop in higher hills of Uttarakhand Himalaya was evaluated. Samples
were collected from Mereng (Chamoli), Parsari (Chamoli), Kapkot (Bageshwar),
Ganeshpur (Chamoli) and Chakrata (Dehra
Dun) for quality evaluation. Oil content of seeds
varies from 3.3-4.8 per cent. Quality was determined by GC and GC-MS and the
results revealed that all the farmer’s field samples contained carvone as a
major components and maximum percentage was found in the sample collected from
Chakrata (Dehra Dun).
The second major constituent was found to be DL-limonene which varies among the
samples. Other useful components were also found in the essential oil of
caraway like limonene oxide, trans-dihydro-carvone and β-mycene. It is
implicated that seeds of caraway can be taken from such areas for commercial utilization
of essential oil. |
| Page(s): | 411-413 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.3(3) [September 2012]
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