Quality assessment of the essential oils from Nardostachys jatamansi (d. Don) dc and Nardostachys chinensis batal obtained from Kathmandu valley market

Authors

  • Mahesh P Paudyal Central Department of Chemistry, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
  • Meena Rajbhandari Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
  • Purushottam Basnet (at present, Tromso University, Tromso, Norway) School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara,
  • Shoji Yahara Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto,
  • Mohan B Gewali Central Department of Chemistry, Kirtipur, Kathmandu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/sw.v10i10.6854

Keywords:

Essential oil, Nardostachys, GC-MS, Physiochemical parameter

Abstract

The chemical composition and physicochemical parameters of the essential oils obtained from two species of Nardostachys available in Kathmandu market, N. jatamansi (D. Don) and N. chinensis Batal were determined. GC-MS technique was used for the analysis of the oils. Both oils were characterized by high content of sesquiterpenes. â-gurjunene and jatamansone were the major sesquiterpene components of both oils. Somewhat variation in the amount of chemical components was found in two different species. The physical and chemical parameters such as specific gravity, specific rotation, refractive index and saponification value, acid number, iodine number were very similar for both species. Both oils were, therefore, of comparable quality.

Scientific World, Vol. 10, No. 10, July 2012 p13-16

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sw.v10i10.6854

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Published

2012-09-20

How to Cite

Paudyal, M. P., Rajbhandari, M., Basnet, P., Yahara, S., & Gewali, M. B. (2012). Quality assessment of the essential oils from Nardostachys jatamansi (d. Don) dc and Nardostachys chinensis batal obtained from Kathmandu valley market. Scientific World, 10(10), 13–16. https://doi.org/10.3126/sw.v10i10.6854

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 10 (2012)

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