ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THE BERRIES OF JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS LINN.

Abstract

The essential oil from the berries of Juniperus communis, grown in certain parts of the East Punjab, and locally known as `Hauber', has been found to contain d-a-pinene as the major constituent. The present findings, which are in agreement with the composition of normal juniper berry oil of non-Indian origin, differ from the observations of Simonsen, according to whom this oil consisted mostly of d-sabinene.