CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Pistacia vera essential oil

Plant Name

: Pistachio

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Seed

Introduction

the essentialoil of P. vera act against the L. tropica and L. major, in addition its essential oil significantly reduce the mean infection rate and subsequently the viablility of amastigote forms of L. tropica in macrophages.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Mahmoudvand, Hossein, et al. "In Vitro and In Vivo Antileishmanial Activities of Pistacia vera Essential Oil." Planta medica 82.04 (2016): 279-284.

2. Alma, Mehmet Hakki, et al. "Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from the gum of Turkish pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)." Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 52.12 (2004): 3911-3914.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Limonene	26
2	Alpha- Pinene	18.1

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Alpha-Thujene	9.3
2	Alpha-Terpinolene	9.3
3	Borneol	7.5
4	Camphene	4.4
5	Beta-Pinene	3.1
6	Y-Terpinene	2.1
7	(E)-Caryophyllene	2.1
8	Tricyclene	1.24
9	Beta-Myrcene	1.9
10	Alpha-Terpinene	1.6
11	3-Cyclohexen-1-ol	1.3
12	Butyl 2-ethylhexyl phthalate	0.6
13	Thujopsene	0.4
14	Sabinene	0.6
15	P-Cymene	0.7
16	D-Cadinene	0.6
17	Alpha-Terpineol	0.6