Abstract
Fresh aerial parts of Angelica glauca, growing wild in Kashmir valley in higher Himalaya (Jammu and Kashmir, India), collected at flowering stage from different locations, on hydro-distillation provided a refreshing light pale coloured essential oil with characteristic floral woody flavour. The oil was found to be a complex mixture of mono- and sesquiterpenes and 34 compounds accounting for nearly 97.4% of the oil were characterized with the help of capillary GC, GC-MS, and NMR. Major compounds of the oil were characterized as alpha-phellandrene (13.5%), trans-carveol (12.0%), beta-pinene (11.7%), thujene (7.5%), beta-caryophyllene oxide (7.2%), beta-caryophyllene (7.0%), gamma-terpinene (6.7%), nerolidol (6.5%), beta-bisabolene (5.2%) and germacrene D (4.5%). It is the first report to exploit the essential oil from Himalayan A. glauca herb collected at flowering stage.
MeSH terms
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Angelica / chemistry*
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Bicyclic Monoterpenes
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Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / isolation & purification
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Cyclohexane Monoterpenes
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India
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Monoterpenes / chemistry
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Monoterpenes / isolation & purification
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Monoterpenes / pharmacology
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Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
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Oils, Volatile / isolation & purification
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Oils, Volatile / pharmacology
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Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry*
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Plant Oils / chemistry
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Plant Oils / isolation & purification*
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Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
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Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
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Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
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Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / chemistry
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Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / isolation & purification
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Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / pharmacology
Substances
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Bicyclic Monoterpenes
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Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
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Cyclohexane Monoterpenes
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Monoterpenes
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Oils, Volatile
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Plant Oils
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Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
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Sesquiterpenes
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Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane
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beta-pinene
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gamma-terpinene
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caryophyllene
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germacrene D