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Essential Oil Composition of Aralia cachemirica from Uttarakhand, India

Ram S. Verma, Rajendra C. Padalia, Anju Yadav and Amit Chauhan

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Purara, P.O.- Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand - 263688, India

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, P.O.- Dairy Farm Nagla, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand - 263149, India

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow-226015, India

Abstract: The essential oils obtained from leaves and roots of Aralia cachemirica were analyzed by capillary GC and GC-MS . A total of 25 constituents, representing 9.14 % in leaf essential oil and 26 components, representing 96.5% in root essential oil were identified. Both leaf and root oils were characterized by the presence of α-pinene (41.0%, 52.7%) and β-pinene (35.1%, 13.6%) as the major constituents. Other constituents identified in significant amount were b -caryophyllene, terpinen-4-ol, myrtenol and borneol.

Keywords: Aralia cachemirica , essential oil; GC-MS; α-pinene; β-pinene.