Essential oil from leaves, spikes and seeds of Perilla ocimoides L.

Essential oil from the leaves, spikes and seeds of Perilla ocimoides L. were analyzed by GC-MS. Twenty four compounds were identified in the leaf oil, the major components were Cuminal (60.5%) and 2allyl-4-methyl phenol (14.1%) followed by Linalool (10%) and Caryophyllene (4.6%). Out of twelve compounds identified from the spike oil the major compounds were Verbenone (33%), 1,5,9-Undecatriene, 2,6,10-trimethyl (15.5%), Caryophyllene (15%), beta-Linalool (14%), alpha-Farnesene (4.8%), Benzaldehyde, 4-(1-methylethyl) (4.7%) and Germacrene D (4.3%). The seed oil contains twenty three compounds of which the major compounds were Caryophyllene (21%), Verbenone (16.8%), 1,5,9-Undecatriene, 2,6,10-trimethyl (13.6%), Cuminal (13.5%), alpha-Farnesene (8.6) and Germacrene D (7.8%).