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Harish Ch. Andola
Centre for Aromatic Plants (CAP) Industrial Estate,
Selaqui-248197,Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
India
Letter to Editor
Is a Cupressus torulosa Good Substitute of Two Selected Juniperus Species for Aroma Potentials?
Author(s): Hema Lohani, Nirpendra Kumar Chauhan and Harish Ch. AndolaHema Lohani, Nirpendra Kumar Chauhan and Harish Ch. Andola
Essential oils which are complex mixture of terpenoids and other class of components isolated from different plant parts of aromatic plants, find impotent place in industry due to extensive uses in food, flavour, fragrances and pharmaceutical industry, More than 250 different type of essential oil worth US$ 1.2 billion per annum are traded in the globe [1] A number of countries produced different kind of essential oils. India ranks second in world trade due to wide application in cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical, therapeutically these used as antiseptic, stimulant, carminative, diuretics etc. A number of aromatic crops are cultivated in different parts of the worlds such as Mentha species, Lemongrass, Basil. Lavender, Geranium, Patcholi, Vertiver, Rose species and sandal [2]. India exported of essential oils is worth Rs. 6 billion [3]. Due to increased awareness of health hazards as.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0412.1000122