Composition of Essential Oil Isolated From Marigold (Tagetes Erecta L.) Flowers Cultivated in Lahore, Pakistan

Authors

  • Malik Fiaz Hussain Ferdosi Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
  • Iqra Haider Khan Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
  • Arshad Javaid Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v51i4.63486

Keywords:

Essential oil, GC-MS, Marigold, Pakistan

Abstract

The composition of essential oil of marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) flowers was investigated. The oil was analyzed by GC-MS for identification of various components. Among these, 3-cyclohexene-1-methanol, α, α,4-trimethyl-, acetate was the most abundant compound (31.67%) followed by phenol, 2,4-bis (1,1- dimethylethyl)- (14.35%) and eucalyptol (14.27%). Other compounds included dodecanoic acid (5.97%), tetradecanoic acid (5.58%), octadecane (4.93%), propanoic acid, 2-bromo-2-methyl-, ethyl ester (5.43%), cyclohexanol, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethanyl)-, acetate (5.33), n-hexadecanoic acid (4.70), p-menth-1-en-8-ol (4.20%) and thymol (3.57%).

Bangladesh J. Bot. 51(4): 683-688, 2022 (December)

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2022-12-29

How to Cite

Ferdosi, M. F. H. ., Khan, I. H. ., & Javaid, A. . (2022). Composition of Essential Oil Isolated From Marigold (Tagetes Erecta L.) Flowers Cultivated in Lahore, Pakistan. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 51(4), 683–688. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v51i4.63486

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Vol. 51 No. 4 (2022)

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