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| All | Since 2020 | |
| Citation | 8502 | 4519 |
| h-index | 30 | 23 |
| i10-index | 227 | 96 |
ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF THE AERIAL PARTS OF MENTHA SPICATA L.
Gitu Kunwar, Chitra Pande and Geeta Tewari*
Abstract The fresh aerial parts of cultivated M. spicata were hydrodistilled and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The essential oil isolated from the plant was rich in sesquiterpenes namely trans-muurola-4(14), 5-diene, piperitenone oxide and β-caryophyllene. Geranyl propanoate, sibirene, borneol, allo-ocimene, β-elemene and germacrene D-4-ol were present as minor components of the oil. Keywords: Mentha spicata, Lamiaceae, essential oil, piperitenone oxide, ?-caryophyllene, trans-muurola-4(14), 5-diene. [Full Text Article] [Download Certificate] |
