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Effect of seasons, storage and distillation times on essential oil composition of Melaleuca leucadendra (L.)

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Title Effect of seasons, storage and distillation times on essential oil composition of Melaleuca leucadendra (L.)
 
Creator Kholiya, Sushma
Bhatt, Gunjan
Chauhan, Amit
Kumar, Dipender
T, Venkatesha K
Upadhyay, Rakesh Kumar
Padalia, Rajendra Chandra
 
Subject (E)-nerolidol
Distillation time
Melaleuca leucodendra
Seasonal variation
Shade drying
 
Description 611-616
The effect of harvesting seasons, storage period and distillation time were studied on the essential oil composition of
Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) growing in India, which were analysed using gas chromatography- flame ionisation detector
(GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method. Eighteen constituents were identified in each of the three
experiments. The essential oils comprised mainly oxygenated sesquiterpenes(>88%), followed by sesquiterpene
hydrocarbons and monoterpenoids. The main constituent reported of essential oils was (E)-nerolidol and β-caryophyllene.
The essential oil content varied from 1.8–1.9%, with maximal in spring and minimal in the rainy season; (E)-Nerolidol
(87.2-95.5%) and β-caryophyllene (0.1-3.5%) were major constituents. The leaves of the Melaleuca genus contain many oil
glands, which make them a rich source of essential oil, and therefore, to extract maximum oil, distillation time was
optimised for the complete extraction of leaf essential oil of M. leucodendra. Eight distillation time durations were tested in
this study: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 hours. Oil content increases with an increase in the distillation time. The best distillation
time for maximum extraction of essential oil content was eight hours (1.6 mL) and five hours for higher major component
(E)-Nerolidol value (96.1%). Results showed that essential oil extracted from dried leaves stored for one month to twelve
months for storage experiments has no adverse effect on yield and quality in terms of its major constituent ( ≥90.0% of (E)-
Nerolidol). The essential oil of M. leucadendra (L.) is promising for its marker aroma constituent, (E)-Nerolidol, for food
flavour, fragrance, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic purposes.
 
Date 2024-01-04T09:32:59Z
2024-01-04T09:32:59Z
2024-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/63157
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijnpr.v14i4.5449
 
Language en
 
Relation Int. cl. (2021.01)− A61K 36/00, A61K 36/61
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.14(4) [December 2023]