Abstracto

Analysis of Oil Extracted from Anethum Sowa

Namrata Vats and Ragini Pandey

The dried power of Anethum sowa extracted for cold perculation followed by hydro distillation. The oil obtained by the hydro-distillation method from the fresh leaves and stems of Anethum sowa herb was analyzed by GC-MS. Twenty compounds were isolated and identified. The major constituents were apiole (26.15%), o-cymene (13.76%), α-thujene (16.53%), β-phellandrene (7.17%), 6,6-dimethyl-2-(3- oxobutyl) bicyclo (3.1.1) heptan-3-one (7.03%), exo-2-hydroxycineol (4.98%), limonene (4.16%), 3- isoproyl-4-methyl-1-pentyn-3-ol (2.89%), myristicine (2.16%) and dithydroumbellulone (2.19%).