CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Geranium phaeum essential oil

Plant Name

: Dusky

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Shoot

Introduction

The arial part of the flower give scented fragrance, oil extract was used in cosmetic and pharma industries.

Other Details

For its certain commercial importance, the oil of G. mucrorrhizum was already the subject of some previous studies.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Chalchat, Jean-Claude, et al. "A Comparative Study on Essential Oils of Geranium macrorrhizum L. and Geranium phaeum L., Geraniaceae from Serbia." Journal of Essential Oil Research 14.5 (2002): 333-335.

2. Bigos, Monika, et al. "Antimicrobial activity of geranium oil against clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus." Molecules 17.9 (2012): 10276-10291.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Piperitone	12.3
2	Alpha-Terpineol	12.30
3	Caryophyllene Oxide	5.7
4	Borneol	5.4
5	Tridecanoic Acid	2.8

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Linalool	3.7
2	Bornyl Acetate	1.4
3	Beta-Elemene	1.2
4	Beta-Bisabolene	1.5
5	Terpinen-4-Ol	1.4
6	Nonanol	1.2
7	Nerolidol	1.1
8	Beta-Caryophyllene	0.7
9	Beta-Bourbonene	0.4
10	Ar-Curcumene	0.2
11	Alpha-Fenchyl Acetate	0.7
12	(E)-Beta-Ionone	0.7
13	Spathulenol	0.9
14	Pinocarveol	0.4
15	Delta-Cadinene	0.8