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	Delta-3-Carene	0.30
4	Pentadecanoic Acid	0.50
5	Alpha-Selinene	Trace
6	Delta-Cadinene	0.30
7	Alpha-Terpinene	0.20
8	Alpha-Terpineol	0.70
9	Farnesyl Acetone	0.40
10	Benzyl Benzoate	0.30
11	Gamma-Terpinene	0.70
12	Beta-Myrcene	0.10
13	Beta-Phellandrene	0.10
14	Isophytol	0.10
15	Beta-Pinene	0.10
16	Limonene	0.10
17	Beta-Selinene	0.50
18	Methyl Hexadecanoate	0.10
19	Caryophyllene Alcohol	0.10
20	Methyl Octadecanoate	0.30
21	(E,E)-Farnesol	0.10
22	Cis-P-Menth-2-En-1-Ol	Trace
23	Nonanoic Acid	0.10
24	A-Eudesmol	0.30
25	Cubenol	0.10
26	P-Cymene	0.10
27	Alpha- Pinene	0.30
28	Decanoic Acid	0.50
29	Pentacosane	0.80
30	Alpha-Cadinol	0.10