Estimation of total Terpenoids concentration in plant tissues using a monoterpene, Linalool as standard reagent.

Terpenes and terpenoids are primary constituents of essential oils of different type of plants and owers. Some qualitative estimation methods of terpenoids in plant tissue have been previously described but there is no protocol of estimating the same quantitatively till date. In the present study a protocol has been attempted to estimate the total terpenoids concentration of different resin producing plants using a monoterpene, Linalool as standard reagent.