Abstract:
The chemical compositions of the essential oils of Tagetes patula leaf, capitula and total above ground herb collected from Farrukhnagar (28 degrees N, 76 degrees E), Haryana, India were subjected to analysis by GC and GUMS. The major constituents of the oils were limonene (6.2-13.6%), (Z)-beta-ocimene (0.3-8.3%), dilrydrotagetone (4.5-8.1%),terpinolene (0-11.2%), p-eymen-8-ol (3.4-11.0%), piperitone (6.1-11.9%), piperitenone (2.7-8.1%), beta-caryophyllene (2.3-8.0%) and trans-sesquisabinene hydrate (2.0-12.5%).