CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Tagetes minuta Vanphool essential oil

Plant Name

: Tegetes

Plant Variety Name

: Vanphool

Plant Tissue Name

: Seed

Introduction

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Other Details

Tagetes minuta L., an annual herb of family Asteraceae, is an important source of an essential oil, used in flavor and fragrance industries. The oil has also been reported to possess insect repellent properties, especially against ants and Aedis aegyptis fly.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Singh, Aparbal, et al. "Essential oil quality and yield with respect to harvest index in Tagetes minuta cultivated in sub tropical plains of North India." Journal of Essential Oil Research 18.4 (2006): 362-365.

2. Sushil kumar, bansal RP, Bahl JR, Ram M, Khanuja SPS, Shasany Ak, Darokar MP, Garg Sn, Naqvi AA, Sharma S. 1999. registration of Tagetes minuta variety Vanphool for noth Indian plains. J Med Arom Pl Sci 21: 49-50.

3. Prakasa Rao, E. V. S., et al. "Agronomical and chemical studies on Tagetes minuta grown in a red soil of a semiarid tropical region in India." Journal of Essential Oil Research 11.2 (1999): 259-261.

4. Tereschuk, Marı́a L., et al. "Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids from leaves of Tagetes minuta." Journal of Ethnopharmacology 56.3 (1997): 227-232.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(Z)-Tagetenone	40.0
2	Dihydro Tagetone	27.1
3	(Z)-Tagetone	14.1

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(E)-Beta-Ocimene	47.9
2	(Z)-Beta-Ocimene	2.5
3	Beta-Caryophyllene	2.2
4	Isocaryophyllene	1.2
5	Limonene	1.5
6	(E)-Tagetenone	0.2
7	Cis-Carvylacetate	0.8
8	Germacrene B	0.5
9	Linalool	0.5
10	Sabinene	0.4