Qualitative analysis of essential oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. cultivated in Uttaranchal Hills, India

Abstract

Gas chromatography and gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy analysis of essentialoil hydrodistilled from fresh aerial part of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) cultivated inUttaranchal, India, resolved into 33 compounds representing 96.29% of the essential oilaccording to their chromatographic retention indices and mass spectra.  The major compoundsof the oil were, camphor (26.40%), 1, 8-cineole (23.40%), α-pinene (9.94%), camphene (5.83%),myrcene (4.86%), bornyl acetate (3.97%), verbenone (3.32%), limonene (3.08%), borneol(2.05%) and α-terpineol (2.68%).