Volume: 42 Issue: 2
Harvest and post-harvest studies on Mentha arvensis var. CIM-Kranti for quality essential oil production in winter and summer cropping seasons
Year: 2020, Page: 114-120, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i2.Bhatt
Received: Dec. 11, 2019 Accepted: March 4, 2020 Published: July 1, 2020
Menthol-mint (M. arvensis) is cultivated worldwide for its essential oil, menthol and dementholized oil, widely used in flavour, fragrance and pharmaceutical industries. Numerous varieties have been developed for the large scale cultivation of M. arvensis in India to meet out its quality essential oil production. The present experiment was designed to study the influence of cropping seasons, harvesting time, drying conditions and drying periods on the yield and quality of essential oil of the prevalent variety ‘CIM-Kranti’ of M. arvensis grown at the foot hills agro-climatic conditions of northern India. Essential oil content varies from 0.9-1.1% and 0.6-0.7% in summer and winter crops, respectively. Altogether, a total of 21 chemical constituents, comprising 96.2-99.5% of the essential oil, were identified using Gas Chromatography–Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Menthol (68.7-83.4%), menthyl acetate (2.5-5.3%), menthone (3.1-8.6%), and isomenthone (3.4-5.9%) were identified as the major constituents in both cropping seasons. Significant quantitative variation in yield and content of menthol was noticed as a function of harvesting periods and drying conditions in summer and winter crops of M. arvensis var. CIM-Kranti.
Keywords: CIM-Kranti, Cropping seasons, Essential oil, Menthol, Mentha arvensis L.
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