Chemical Constituents of the Essential oil of Cyperus rotundus Linn

Tiwari Richa, Kumar Suneet

Abstract

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of rhizomes of Cyperus rotundus L.(Nutgrass) was analyzed by GC-MS analysis of oil. Ninety eight components of Cyperus rotundus representing 78.4% of the oil were identified. The main constituents in the essential oil were cyperene (9.76%), humulen (7.97%), - selinene (7.88%), zierone (4.62%), campholenic aldehyde (3.83%), .-pinene (3.51%), longiverbenone (2.72%), .-vatirenene (2.32%), copaene (1.79%), limonene (1.45%)

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