20May 2019

ESSENTIAL OIL STUDIES OF THE GENUS VITEX L. (VERBENACEAE).

  • Department of Botany,CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous),Kottayam,Kerala,India-686001.
  • Department of Botany,Government College Kottayam,Kerala,India.
  • Department of Botany,St.Thomas College (Autonomous),Thrissur,Kerala,India.
  • School of Environmental Sciences,Mahatma Gandhi University,Kottayam,Kerala ,India.
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The present study documents the characterization of essential oils obtained from different species of the genus Vitex L. of the family Verbenaceae. The oils were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The coeffiecient of similitude, percentage yield and percentage area of occurrence were calculated. The study showed the richness of volatile oils in the genus Vitex.


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[Rogimon P.Thomas, Asha Ramachandran, Joby Paul and Mahesh Mohan. (2019); ESSENTIAL OIL STUDIES OF THE GENUS VITEX L. (VERBENACEAE). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (May). 568-574] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Rogimon P. Thomas
Assistant Professor,Department of Botany,CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous),Kerala,India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9074      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9074