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Essential oil composition of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. cultivated in the mid hills of Uttarakhand, India

Verma Ram S. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India)
Rahman Laiq U. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, PO CIMAP, Lucknow, India)
Chanotiya Chandan S. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, PO CIMAP, Lucknow, India)
Verma Rajesh K. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India)
Chauhan Amit (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India)
Yadav Anju (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, PO CIMAP, Lucknow, India)
Singh Anand (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India)
Yadav Ajai K. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India)

The essential oil content in the inflorescence of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) cultivated in the mid hills of Uttarakhand was found to be 2.8 % based on the fresh weight. The oil was analysed by capillary GC and GC- MS. Thirty seven constituents, representing 97.81 % of the oil were identified. The major components of the oil were linalyl acetate (47.56 %), linalool (28.06 %), lavandulyl acetate (4.34 %) and α-terpineol (3.75 %). The quality of lavender oil produced in India was found to be comparable to that produced in Hungary, France, China, Bulgaria, Russia and the USA.

Keywords: Lavandula angustifolia, Lamiaceae, inflorescence, essential oil, GC-MS.