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Essential oil composition of Acorus calamus L. from the lower region of the Himalayas
Author(s) -
Raina V. K.,
Srivastava S. K.,
Syamasunder K. V.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1136
Subject(s) - rhizome , acorus calamus , calamus , chemistry , linalool , essential oil , eucalyptol , composition (language) , botany , traditional medicine , food science , biology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
The rhizomes and leaf oils of Acorus calamus L. were analysed by GC and GC–MS; 29 and 30 constituents were identified from the rhizome and leaf oils, respectively, comprising 99.7% of each of the oils β‐Asarone (83.2%) and α‐asarone (9.7%) were the major constituents in the rhizome oil, while β‐asarone (85.6%) and linalool (4.7%) were the major constituents in the leaf oil. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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