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Essential oil profile of Garcinia Pushpangadaniana, a recently described species from the Western Ghats of India

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The medicinally important genus Garcinia is widespread in the Western Ghats and the Northeast Regions of India. Three accessions of Garcinia pushpangadaniana from two populations were studied during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons. Dried leaves were subjected to hydro-distillation to extract essential oil and chemical composition of the essential oils were determined using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques. (E)-Caryophyllene was the major compound with 14.05%, 18.96%, and 15.60% in all three accessions respectively. Sesquiterpene compounds with cadinene-type skeleton were found to be the key compounds in G. pushpangadaniana, making up 47.65–49.67% of the EO. These include δ-cadinene (12.79–14.38%), γ-muurolene (9.56–9.87%) and γ-cadinene (5.93–6.94%). The compounds such as spirolepechinene, α-calacorene, α-corocalene, caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5-ol and cadalene are identified as unique compounds in G. pushpangadaniana essential oil, and these marker compounds can be used for the authentication of this species.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, CSIR-CIMAP for constant support and encouragement. This work is funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the project grant CRG/2021/007011. We also thank the Forest Department, Tamil Nadu, India, for the kind permission for accessions. One of the authors DK is thankful to CSIR-India for his fellowship under HCP-0007, Aroma Mission (Phase-II).

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  1. Analytical Chemistry and Phytochemistry Lab, CSIR–Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Bengaluru, India

    Pranav Murali Sharma & Pragadheesh V S

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), 201002, Ghaziabad, India

    Pranav Murali Sharma, Sundaresan Velusamy & Pragadheesh V S

  3. Plant Biology & Systematics Lab, CSIR–Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Bengaluru, India

    Devanathan Krishnamoorthy & Sundaresan Velusamy

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Sharma, P.M., Krishnamoorthy, D., Velusamy, S. et al. Essential oil profile of Garcinia Pushpangadaniana, a recently described species from the Western Ghats of India. Vegetos (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-023-00798-9

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