On scanning the literature reported on the essential oil composition
of A. indica and A. vestita, it is evident that the essential
oil composition of these two species exhibits a remarkable
chemodiversity and is greatly influenced by the geographical
region, our objective as part of our Institute’s program was
to study the essential oil composition of these two species
growing at high altitude locations of Kashmir Himalayas using
a combination of capillary GC–FID, GC–MS and FT-IR analytical
techniques.