Essential Oil - A Potential Green Pesticide
Abhay Kumar Mishra*
Department of Plant pathology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar (848 125), India
Digvijay Singh
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur (813 210), India
Pragya Bharti
Department of Plant pathology, I.A.S. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (221 005), India
Kumar Chiranjeeb
Department of Soil Science, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar (848 125), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Aromatic, Defence mechanism, Essential oil (EO), Healing purposes
Abstract
Many plants are known to synthesize a large number of aromatic and volatile compounds consisting mainly of secondary metabolites which are known to play an important role in their defence mechanism. These aromatic and volatile fractions are known as Essential oil (EO). At present more than 3000 Essential oils has been identified from different plants species. The use of essential oil is not new to mankind. Traditional medicine system such as Ayurveda contains detail description about its uses against many human ailments such as use of cinnamon, ginger and sandal wood for healing purposes. Apart from this, EO has been reported to be an important component of food and cosmetics throughout the world.
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