JOURNAL 315


Records of Natural Products
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2010 Issue: 3 July September
PAGES
p.163 - 166
STATISTICS
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AUTHORS
    Ram S. Verma, Rajendra C. Padalia, Anju Yadav and Amit Chauhan
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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.