Essential oil composition of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. cultivated in the mid hills of Uttarakhand, India
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The essential oil content in the inflorescence of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) cultivated in the mid hills of Uttarakhand was found to be 2.8 % based o n the fresh weight. The oil was an alysed by capillary GC and GC– MS. Thirty seven constituents, representing 97.81 % of the o il were identified. The major components of the oil were linalyl acetate (47.56 %), linalool (28.06 %), lavanduly l acetate (4.34 %) and α-terpineol (3.75 %). The quality o f lavender oil produced in India was found to b e comparable to that produced in Hungary, France, China, Bulgaria, Russia and the USA. Keyword: Lavandula angustifolia; Lamiaceae; inflorescence; essential oil; GC–MS.
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