Archives of Biological Sciences 2011 Volume 63, Issue 4, Pages: 1111-1115
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1104111V
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Chemical investigation of the volatile components of shade-dried petals of damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.)
Verma Swaroop Ram (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR), Research Centre, Pantnagar, Dairy Farm Nagla, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India)
Padalia Chandra Rajendra (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR), Research Centre, Pantnagar, Dairy Farm Nagla, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India)
Chauhan Amit (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR), Research Centre, Pantnagar, Dairy Farm Nagla, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India)
Roses are always appreciated because of their inimitable aroma, many uses and
of course their beauty. In addition to the different damask rose (Rosa
damascena Mill.) products (oil, water, concrete, absolute, gulkand etc.), its
dried petals are also used for various health purposes. The hydrodistilled
volatile oil and water of shade-dried damask rose petals were investigated by
GC and GC-MS. The predominant components of tThe essential oil and rose water
were aliphatic hydrocarbons (56.4 and 46.3%), followed by oxygenated
monoterpenes (14.7 and 8.7%). The main aliphatic hydrocarbons of the
essential oil and rose water were heneicosane (19.7 and 15.7%), nonadecane
(13.0 and 8.4%), tricosane (11.3 and 9.3%) and pentacosane (5.3 and 5.1%)
while the content of 2-phenyl ethyl alcohol was 0.4% and 7.1% in the
essential oil and rose water, respectively. The chemical composition of the
dried rose petal volatiles is quite different from fresh flower volatiles.
Keywords: Rosa damascena Mill. var. ‘Noorjahan’, shade dried petals, essential oil, rose water, composition, aliphatic hydrocarbons