Essential Oil Details
Introduction
Cymbopogon flexuosus (Family: Poaceae) is native to India, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.This grass grows upto 2m tall from short woddy rhizome. It produce more essentail oil.
Other Details
Essential oil is perfumery, flavour, citral is used for synthesis of vitamin A.
Reference
1. RK Lal, R Chandra, HS Chauhan, HO Misra, AK Singh, S Krishna, H Shankar,HP Singh, SP Singh, B Kumar, A Yadav, AK Shasany, SS Dhawan & AK Gupta. A high yielding variety of lemongrass (Cymbopogon khasianus) ’CIM-Suwarna’ suitable for water stress/rainfed/marginal land conditions. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci. (2010) 32:61-63.
2. 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 | 80.0 |
Minor Compound Details
| Serial No. | Compound Name | Compound Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limonene | 2.0 |
| 2 | Linalool | 2.6 |
| 3 | Citronella | 1.5 |
| 4 | (E)-Beta-Ocimene | 0.1 |
| 5 | (Z)-Beta-Ocimene | 0.4 |
| 6 | Alpha-Pinene | 0.3 |
| 7 | Camphene | 0.3 |
| 8 | Camphor | 0.3 |
| 9 | Carvone | 0.2 |
| 10 | Germacrene D | 0.2 |
| 11 | Myrcene | 0.1 |
| 12 | Sabinene | 0.1 |
| 13 | Tricyclene | 0.5 |
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