CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Gymnema sylvestre

Plant Name

: Gurmari

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Leaf

Introduction

The essential oil of leaves have a unique property of inhibiting ability to taste sweet substances. Besides this, antidiabetic property of leaves is also reported. It is well known that the antidiabetic plants possess antioxidant activity.

Other Details

Large number of reports on the pharmacological activi- ties of essential oil from plants have been recently published. The oil have other value too like it was used in sweets, for making sweetners etc.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial
2	Antioxidant

Reference

1. Naik, Dattatraya G., Chitra N. Dandge, and Shobha V. Rupanar. "Chemical examination and evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil from Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. leaves." Journal of Essential Oil Research 23.3 (2011): 12-19.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Palmitic Acid	17.8
2	Phytol	6.9
3	Pentadecanoic Acid	6.8
4	Eugenol	4.0
5	4-Vinylguaiacol	4.5

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Myristicin	2.0
2	Germacrene	2.0
3	1-Hexadecanol	2.1
4	Z-2-Dodecenol	1.6
5	Tetracosane	1.4
6	Pentacosane	1.5
7	Methyl Palmitate	1.5
8	Methyl Linolenate	1.7
9	Methyl guaiacol	1.5
10	Heptacosane	1.6
11	Dodecanol	1.4
12	Indole	Trace