1Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Govt. PG college, Karanprayag, (Chamoli)
2Project assistant, UCOST, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3Scientist, HRDI, CAP Selaquin, Dehradun
Online published on 25 April, 2016.
Two essential oil components linalool and limonene were estimated in the bark of male and female plants of Zanthoxylum alatum at different altitudes. In Z-1, Z-2 and Z-3 female bark linalool was found to be 8.9%, 6.4% and 6.4% and limonene to be 23.4%, 0.4% and 6% respectively. In male bark also significant variation was found. The linalool was found to be 15.8%, 36.6% and 39.46% and limonene to be 0.8%, 0.9% and 2.39% respectively.
Altitude, Bark, limonene, linalool, male and female plants, Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb
