Abstract
Tagetes minuta Linn. is a highly aromatic herb that grows wild on the North-West Himalayas between the altitudes of 1,250 and 2,500 m. The aerial part of the plant, on hydro distillation, yielded 1.2% of yellow-brown colored essential oil, on a dry weight basis, having a strong aromatic odor. Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry examination of the oil showed that it contains tagetone and trans-caryo hyllene as major constituents. The other constituents identified were B-bisabolene, carvotanacetone, carvacrol, citral, B-cubebene, p-cymene, dihydrotagetone, iso-eugenol, B-inone, linalyl acetate, linalool, isolimonene, methyl-n-heptyl ketone, B-myrcene, menthol, nerolidol, 2-nonanone, B-ocimene, ocimenone, 1-penten-3-ol, phenyl acetaldehyde, a-pinene, spathulenol, a-terpineol, and Y-terpineol.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 5(1), 25
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Khan, A. J., & Chowdhury, A. R. (2000). Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 5(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27
MLA 9
Khan, Akhtar Jamal, and Anita Rani Chowdhury. "Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, 2000, pp. 25. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27.
Chicago (author–date)
Khan, Akhtar Jamal, and Anita Rani Chowdhury. 2000. "Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 5 (1): 25. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27.
Harvard
Khan, A. J. and Chowdhury, A. R. (2000) 'Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 5(1), pp. 25. doi:10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27.
Vancouver
Khan AJ, Chowdhury AR. Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2000;5(1):25. doi:10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27
IEEE
A. J. Khan, and A. R. Chowdhury, "Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 25, 2000, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol5iss1pp25-27.