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Oxidation of essential oil of Chloroxylon swietenia (Roxb. corom)

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Applied Sciences, Career Point University, Kota, INDIA

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 4, Issue (ISC-2014), Pages 250-254, (2015)

Abstract

Hydro distilled oil from the leaves of C. swietenia is of unpleasant odour and cannot be marketed but it has medicinal importance. If oxygen content present in this, is increased, then not only its odour will turn into pleasant fragrance but also its quality will be improved for medicinal purposes. With this intention it was oxidized using HNO3, KMnO4, K2Cr2O7 and H2O2 as oxidizing agent. H2O2 was found best suited for oxidation. Antimicrobial activity of oxidized essential oil was found better as compared to un oxidized essential oil which proved improvement in its quality after oxidation.

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