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Essential Oil Composition of Three Cymbopogon Species of Indian Thar Desert

1993; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10412905.1993.9698297

2163-8152

Ashok Kumar Shahi, Aldo Tava,

Natural product bioactivities and synthesis

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.