CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Cymbopogon flexuosus GRL-1 essential oil

Plant Name

: Lemongrass

Plant Variety Name

: GRL-1

Plant Tissue Name

: Whole plant

Introduction

Cymbopogon flexuosus (Family: Poaceae) is native to India, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.This grass grows upto 2m tall from short woddy rhizome.the essential oil was obtained from the roots which constitute higher percentage of citral.

Other Details

Essential oil is perfumery, flavour, citral is used for synthesis of vitamin A.

Reference

1. NK Patra, RV Nair & HO Misra.

2. Padalia, Rajendra C., et al. "Chemical fingerprinting of the fragrant volatiles of nineteen Indian cultivars of Cymbopogon Spreng.(Poaceae)." Rec. Nat. Prod. 5.4 (2011): 290-299.

3. Chowdhury, Somit Roy, P. K. Tandon, and A. R. Chowdhury. "Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud) Wats. Growing in Kumaon Region." Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 13.5 (2010): 588-593.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Citral	89.0

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Limonene	2.0
2	Beta-Caryophyllene	1.1
3	Citronella	1.5
4	Neral	1.9
5	(Z)-Beta-Ocimene	0.4
6	Alpha-Pinene	0.3
7	Citronellol	0.1
8	Elemicin	0.1
9	Myrcene	0.1
10	Sabinene	0.1
11	Tricyclene	0.5
12	Citronellyl Acetate	Trace
13	Terpinen-4-Ol	Trace