Gwari Garima, Bhandari Ujjwal, Andola Harish Chandra, Lohani Hema, Chauhan Nirpendra
Centre for Aromatic Plants, Industrial Estate, Selaqui, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Pharmacognosy Res. 2013 Jul;5(3):179-82. doi: 10.4103/0974-8490.112424.
Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipschitz, syn Saussurea lappa C.B. Clarke, one of the best-known species within this genus, is commonly known as costus. Due to the remarkable biological activity of S. costus and its constituents it will have an appropriate place in various systems of medicines all over the globe.
The main aim is to study the volatile constituents of S costus cultivated in Uttarakhand Himalayas.
The volatile constituents were isolated from the root of S costus cultivated in Chamoli district of Uttrarakhand by hydro distillation and were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS).
A total 35 aroma compounds representing about 92.81% of the total composition were identified. Aldehyde like (7Z, 10Z, 13Z)-7, 10, 13-hexadecaterinal (25.5%) was found as a major compound including other ketones like dehydrocostus lactone (16.7%), alcohols like elemol (5.84%), γ-costol (1.80%), vulgarol B (3.14%), valerenol (4.20%), and terpinen-4-ol (1.60%), etc. Esters and acids were found to be completely absent in our samples.
S. costus volatile oil constituents are superior in terms of total identified constituents. Where relative area quantum is higher in Uttarakhand Himalayas samples, when compared with those originated to China and Korea.
木香（Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipschitz，异名 Saussurea lappa C.B. Clarke）是该属中最著名的物种之一，通常被称为木香。由于木香及其成分具有显著的生物活性，它在全球各种医学体系中都将占有一席之地。
主要目的是研究在北阿坎德邦喜马拉雅地区种植的木香的挥发性成分。
通过水蒸馏法从北阿坎德邦查莫利县种植的木香根中分离出挥发性成分，并采用气相色谱 - 质谱联用（GC - MS）进行分析。
共鉴定出 35 种香气化合物，占总成分约 92.81%。醛类如（7Z, 10Z, 13Z）-7, 10, 13 - 十六碳三烯醛（25.5%）是主要化合物，还包括其他酮类如脱氢木香内酯（16.7%）、醇类如榄香醇（5.84%）、γ - 木香醇（1.80%）、木香二醇 B（3.14%）、缬草烯醇（4.20%）和松油醇 - 4（1.60%）等。在我们的样品中未发现酯类和酸类。
就已鉴定的总成分而言，木香挥发油成分较为优异。与源自中国和韩国的样品相比，北阿坎德邦喜马拉雅地区的样品中相对面积含量更高。
