title: Essential oil composition of aerial parts of Angelica glauca growing wild in North-West Himalaya (India).
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.
authors.affiliation: Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Natural Product Chemistry Division, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi-180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Vijai K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Agnihotri
authors.forename: Rajendra K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Thappa
authors.forename: Baleshwar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.forename: Bal K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kapahi
authors.forename: Rajendra K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Ghulam N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Qazi
authors.forename: Shri G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D029969:Angelica / Q000737:chemistry*; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D007194:India; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane; C010789:beta-pinene; C018669:gamma-terpinene; C024714:caryophyllene; C027259:germacrene D