Volume: 42 Issue: 2
Essential oil composition of wild-mint (Mentha longifolia (L.) harvested at different stages of plant growth
Year: 2020, Page: 168-174, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i2.Singh
Received: Jan. 24, 2020 Accepted: March 4, 2020 Published: July 1, 2020
Wild-mint (Mentha longifolia(L.) L.) is an aromatic perennial herb, distributed in the Himalayan region of India. The aim of this study was to investigate the essential oil yield and chemical composition of M. longifolia harvested at different stages of plant development, viz. vegetative stages (90 days and 120 days), flowering stages (150 days and 180 days) and late-flowering stage (210 days). The essential oil yield varied from 0.68–1.4 % (v/w; dry weight basis) during different stages, the maximal being during vegetative stages. The essential oil samples were analyzed by Gas ChromatographyFlame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) and Gas ChromatographyMass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Altogether, forty-three constituents, representing 95.6–98.3 % of the total essential oil composition were identified. Major constituents of the essential oil were piperitenone oxide (26.5–63.8 %), trans-piperitone epoxide (25.3–61.8 %), and germacrene D (0.8–4.1 %). The results obtained were of significance for deciding the proper harvesting schedule of M. longifolia.
Keywords: Essential oil composition, Growth-stage, Mentha longifolia, Piperitenone oxide, Trans-Piperitone epoxide
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