Essential oil composition of leaves and inflorescences of Elsholtzia densa Benth. from western Himalaya. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chauhan, Amit; Venkatesha, K. T.; Padalia, Rajendra C.; Singh, Ved. R.; Verma, Ram S.; Chanotiya, Chandan S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of essential oil research. Volume 31:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 217
• Page End: 222
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Elsholtzia densa -- essential oil -- citral -- leaf -- cone -- pinocarvone; Essences and essential oils -- Periodicals; Oils, Volatile -- Periodicals; Plant Oils -- Periodicals; 547.71
• DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2018.1545706
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1041-2905

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The essential oil compositions of leaves and inflorescences of Elsholtzia densa Benth. from western Himalaya were studied and compared using gas chromatography-flame ionization detector and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Altogether, forty constituents comprising 83.3–83.7% of essential oil composition were identified. The leaf essential oil of E. densa was characterized by citral (52.2%), geranyl acetate (3.3%) and geraniol (3.1%), whereas the inflorescence essential oil of E. densa was found to be dominated by pinocarvone (51.9%), cis -pinocamphone (5.2%) and citronellyl acetate (3.4%). The essential oil compositions were compared with earlier reports on Elsholtzia spp. from different geographic regions that revealed noteworthy compositional variability.