Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil ofCymbopogon flexuosus(Steud) Wats. Growing in Kumaon Region

The essential oil of Cymbopogon flexuosus (Lemon grass) was collected from Kumaon (Uttrakhand) and isolated by hydrodistillation. The oil was analyzed by GC-MS. The essential oil of C. flexuosus obtained from this region was determined by GC-MS for the first time. Thirty four compounds representing 97.9 percent of the oil were identified. The major constituents of the oil are citral-a (33.1 %), citral-b (30.0 %), geranyl acetate (12.0 %) and linalool (2.6 %).