@article{Vashist_Sharma_2017, title={PERCENTAGE YIELD OF VOLATILE OIL FROM WOOD DUST OF TREES FROM SAW MILL IN HIMALAYAN AREAS}, volume={10}, url={https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/15611}, DOI={10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i3.15611}, abstractNote={<p>ABSTRACT<br />Objective: Trees with medicinal values have always been ignored and neglected from their inherent medicinal value. Instead of their medicinal use,<br />such plants are widely used by carpenters and also by people for cooking. The irrational uses of such valuable flora are diminishing our medicinal<br />plants’ bank. There is no doubt that the uses of such plants by carpenters are a necessity of growing society. Then, we need to opt any other middle<br />way to fulfill both the necessities from such valuable flora. By considering this, all the present study is focused on the extraction of volatile oil from<br />sawdust of Pinus roxburghii and Cedrela toona (SDPR and SDCT) was carried out in the present study.<br />Methods: Here, in the present work, we have collected the fresh powder near from the running saw of working carpenter cutting Pinus roxburghii<br />wood and Cedrela toona wood into flat board. The SDPR and SDCT were then weighed and filled separately to two 500 ml round bottom flask, and<br />clevenger apparatus assemblies were adjusted for both. The temperature was adjusted at75°C. Hydrodistillation was continued for 3 hrs.<br />Result: The result revealed 0.5% v/w of volatile oil from SDPR in 3 hrs. The meniscus observed for SDCT is slightly blurred up to 0.5 ml (2 mm) which<br />was considered as volatile oil. The total percentage so obtained was calculated as 0.25% v/w.<br />Conclusion: The present study may guide to utilize the saw rust from pine and red cedar plant to isolate valuable medicinal constituents. Further, the<br />study may help the researcher to use wood dust to research different ways.<br />Keywords: Pinus roxburghii, Cedrela toona, Hydrodistillation, Herbal medicine.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research}, author={Vashist, Hemraj and Sharma, Diksha}, year={2017}, month={Mar.}, pages={140–141} }