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ISSN: 1874-8473 ― Volume 9, 2020
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Drying Potential of Leaves Oil of Zanthoxylum armatum DC from North India



Lata Rana1, Ankita Rai2, Lalit M. Tewari2, Neha Chopra2, Naveen C. Pandey2, Geeta Tewari1, *
1 Department of Chemistry, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
2 Department of Botany, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

Abstract

Background:

The study on drying and its social acceptance has increased rapidly. Among different drying techniques, shade drying is one of the most feasible methods to keep intact from the decay of the main active components of the plant materials. Shade drying is an ancient drying method that increases durability, major constituents and activity of the plant material.

Aims:

Research was conducted to examine the drying potential of aromatic leaves oil of Zanthoxylum armatum DC.

Methods:

The fresh plant material was collected from Lohaghat, Champawat district of Uttarakhand and hydrodistilled before and after shade drying to assess the changes in the quality of volatile constituents by GC and GC-MS techniques. A two-tailed paired t-test was executed to assess the difference between drying treatments using MS-Excel.

Results:

The major components in the fresh oil were 2-undecane, linalool, (E)-β-ocimene, α-pinene and β-phellandrene. In the oil from dried material, the three predominant compounds were noted. A significant increase was observed in the percentage of β-phellandrene, undecanal and myrcene after shade drying (p<0.01). Five components absent in the fresh plant material appeared and one disappeared during the drying process.

Conclusion:

Shade drying significantly influenced the essential oil composition of Z. armatum.

Keywords: Zanthoxylum armatum, Drying, Linalool, β-Phellandrene, 2-Undecane, Undecanal.


Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2021
Volume: 9
Issue: Suppl-1, M3
First Page: 9
Last Page: 14
Publisher Id: TOBCJ-9-9
DOI: 10.2174/1874847302109010009

Article History:

Received Date: 20/03/2020
Revision Received Date: 12/05/2020
Acceptance Date: 19/05/2020
Electronic publication date: 18/06/2021
Collection year: 2021

© 2021 Rana et al.

open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Chemistry, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, India; Tel: 09412438823; E-mail: geeta_k@rediffmail.com



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