Abstract

COMPARATIVE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF LANTANA CAMARALINN COLLECTED FROM THREE DIFFERENT HABITAT TYPES OF KUMAUN, HIMALAYAS

Kavita Rawat *, Devendra Mishra, Vinay Deep Punetha, Deepak Chandra, Manoj Devrani, Pawan Dhapola, and Ganga Bisht

Abstract

Essential oil of leaves of Lantana camarawas undertaken in this study, Lantana camarawascollected from three different locations of Uttarakhand, essential oil was extracted from the leaf sample using hydrodistillation method, Gas Chromatography coupled with mass spectrometer was used for chemical analysis of the extracted essential oil, 70 constituent were identified from all the three essential oil representing 92.80%, 91.06% and 92.45% of the total oil collected from Almora, Bhimtal and Haldwani region, essential oil collected from AlmoraBhimtal and Haldwani region contain 31, 39 and 41 constituents respectively. The constituent were mainly monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, The major constituent found to be Nerolidol present in the essential oil collected from Almora and Bhimtal region representing 58.82% and 45.45% and Ecaryophyllene, the major constituent present in the essential oil collected from Haldwani region, in the amount 16.0%, respectively.

Keywords: Nerolidol, E-caryophyllene, chemical constituent, Essential Oil, GC-MS Mass spectroscopy.