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Abstract
The essential oil obtained by hydro distillation of flowers of Bauhinia variegata were analyzed by GC and GC-MS analysis. Fifty one compounds have been identified in the flowers oil, representing 87.3 % of total oil. The major components were identified as α-pinene (5.1 %), β-pinene (2.2 %), β-elemene (2.6 %), γ-elemene (19.0 %), δ-cadinene (3.6 %), occidentalol (2.3 %), cis-murrol-5-en-4-α-ol (24.4 %) and α-cadinol (4.4 %). This is the first report on chemical composition of B. variegata flowers essential oil of north Indian origin.