Essential oil composition of Mentha x piperita L. from different environments of north India

✍ Scribed by Ashok Kumar Shahi; Suresh Chandra; Prabhu Dutt; Brij Lal Kaul; Aldo Tava; Pinarosa Avato

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 86 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199901/02)14:1<5::aid-ffj768>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

The performance of Mentha x piperita L. in terms of essential oil production at dierent altitudes has been evaluated. Culture locations included Batote (altitude 1900 m) and Jammu (300 m) of Jammu & Kashmir State, and Palampur (1290 m) of Himachal Pradesh, in north India. All the sites showed variable thermal gradients and exhibited greater ecological amplitude. The yield of fresh material (420 tonnes/ha) and the production of essential oils (460 kg/ha) were satisfactory. All the three environments were found to be adequate for cultivation of peppermint with acceptable amounts of menthol. Compared to oils from Batote and Palampur, oil from Jammu was of superior quality due to the optimal concentration of menthol (64.0%) and menthyl acetate (9.2%) and the low amount of menthofuran (trace).