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Abstract
The chemical compositions of the essential oils of Tagetes patula leaf, capitula and total above ground herb collected from Farrukhnagar (28°N, 76°E), Haryana, India were subjected to analysis by GC and GC/MS. The major constituents of the oils were limonene (6.2–13.6%), (Z)-(3-ocimene (0.3–8.3%), dihydrotagetone (4.5–8.1%), terpinolene (0–11.2%), p-cymen-8-ol (3.4–11.0%), piperitone (6.1–11.9%), piperitenone (2.7–8.1%), β-caryophyllene (2.3–8.0%) and trans-sesquisabinene hydrate (2.0–12.5%).
