CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Ribes nigrum essential oil

Plant Name

: Blackcurrant

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Leaf

Introduction

Blackcurrant seed oil is rich in nutrients, especially vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, including alpha-linolenic acid and gamma-linolenic acid.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Kiliç, Ceyda S., et al. "Essential Oil of the Leaves of Ribes nigrum L. from Turkey." Journal of Essential Oil Research 20.6 (2008): 512-514.

2. Stević, Tatjana, et al. "Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of the leaves of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) cultivar Čačanska crna." Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 75.1 (2010): 35-43.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Beta-Caryophyllene	12.90
2	Alpha-Humulene	10.20
3	Hexadecanoic Acid	10.70
4	Caryophyllene Oxide	9.60
5	Tetradecanoic Acid	7.20

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Humulene Epoxide Ii	6.50
2	Dodecanoic Acid	1.60
3	(E,E)-Farnesol	0.10
4	Cis-P-Menth-2-En-1-Ol	Trace
5	Nonanoic Acid	0.10
6	A-Eudesmol	0.30
7	Cubenol	0.10
8	P-Cymene	0.10
9	Alpha- Pinene	0.30
10	Decanoic Acid	0.50
11	Pentacosane	0.80
12	Alpha-Cadinol	0.10
13	Delta-3-Carene	0.30
14	Pentadecanoic Acid	0.50
15	Alpha-Selinene	Trace
16	Delta-Cadinene	0.30
17	Alpha-Terpinene	0.20
18	Alpha-Terpineol	0.70
19	Farnesyl Acetone	0.40
20	Benzyl Benzoate	0.30
21	Gamma-Terpinene	0.70
22	Beta-Myrcene	0.10
23	Beta-Phellandrene	0.10
24	Isophytol	0.10
25	Beta-Pinene	0.10
26	Limonene	0.10
27	Beta-Selinene	0.50
28	Methyl Hexadecanoate	0.10
29	Caryophyllene Alcohol	0.10
30	Methyl Octadecanoate	0.30