Chemical composition and flavour quality of tirphal Zanthoxylum rhetsa.

Shankaracharya, N. B. and Pura Naik, J. and Nagalakshmi, S. and Jagan Mohan Rao, L. (1994) Chemical composition and flavour quality of tirphal Zanthoxylum rhetsa. PAFAI Journal, 16 (1). pp. 15-21.

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Abstract

The dried fruits of Zanthoxylum rhetsa are used as fruits is pleasantly aromatic and tastes like orange an ingredient in the preparation of spice blends like rind. The seeds are hard and black in colour, garam masala powder. The pericarp of the fruit is pungent and contain a soft kernel. The dried fruits highly aromatic and rich in essential oil. The whole contain an essential oil called Mullillam oil which is dried fruits of five commercial samples were analysed obtained by steam distillation of the powdered fruits. for their physical and chemical composition. The The oil has a pleasant odour resembling that of dried fruits are fibrous in nature, yield about 14% sweet orange or tangerine. (Wealth of India 1976; oleoresin and about 3% essential oil. The essential Rao and Bhave 1959). This oil is manufactured on a oil is colourless, aromatic and resembles citrus oils commercial scale but its uses are not well known). to a certain extent. The essential oil was subjcted to GC-MS analysis and 32 components were identified and quantified. Of the compounds identified, sabinene accounts for nearly 55% of the essential oil. The other major compounds were (%) : 4- terpineol (5.6), [3 - elemene (3.6), a - terpineol (2.9), - Phellandrene (2.9), [3 - pinene (1.3), Y - terpinene (2.7) and myrcene (2.0).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	garam masala powder, dried fruits, Zanthoxylum rhetsa
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 15 Flavour/Fragrance/Perfumes 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 30 Spices/Condiments
Divisions:	Plantation Products Spices and Flavour Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	08 May 2012 04:08
Last Modified:	08 May 2012 04:08
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/3393

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