DOI: 10.54207/bsmps1000-2004-88i3v4 ISSN: 0971-9431

Commercial extraction of essential oil from Lantana camara

Nirpendra Chauhan, Hema Lohani, Sunil Sah, R. Yadav
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Fresh twigs of Lantana camara on small industrial hydro steam-distillation unit yield 0.056% oil. GC-MS analysis of the oil shows that susquiterpenes are the major constitutes of the oil. Among these, b-Caryophyllene (17.53%), Germacrene-D (19.55%) and b-Curcumene (10.22%) as the major components. Economics of the processing has been worked out and it has been found that essential oil extraction from the twigs of Lantana is a viable alternative to check the spread of this weed and at the same time makes use of this as a source of substantial income to the people.

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