*Result*: sCentInDB: a database of essential oil chemical profiles of Indian medicinal plants.
Title:
sCentInDB: a database of essential oil chemical profiles of Indian medicinal plants.
Authors:
Baskaran SP; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India.; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, 400094, India., Ranganathan G; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India., Sahoo AK; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India.; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, 400094, India., Kumar K; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India., Amaresan J; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India., Ramesh K; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India., Vivek-Ananth RP; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India.; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, 400094, India.; Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA., Samal A; The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, 600113, India. asamal@imsc.res.in.; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, 400094, India. asamal@imsc.res.in.
Source:
Molecular diversity [Mol Divers] 2026 Feb; Vol. 30 (1), pp. 789-807. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 May 09.
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: ESCOM Science Publishers Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9516534 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-501X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13811991 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mol Divers Subsets: MEDLINE
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Original Publication: Leiden, The Netherlands : ESCOM Science Publishers, c1995-
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Grant Information:
Apex Project to IMSc Chennai Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: Aromatic plants; Chemical composition; Database; Essential oil; Odor; Therapeutic use
Substance Nomenclature:
0 (Oils, Volatile)
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20250509 Date Completed: 20260222 Latest Revision: 20260225
Update Code:
20260225
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12926241
DOI:
10.1007/s11030-025-11215-5
PMID:
40343630
Database:
MEDLINE
*Further Information*
*Essential oils are complex mixtures of volatile compounds produced by aromatic plants and widely used in personal care, food flavoring, and pharmaceutical industry due to their odor and therapeutic properties. As a high-value and low-volume organic product, optimizing plant yield and modifying composition by leveraging knowledge on chemical profiles of essential oils can lead to enhanced bioproducts. Additionally, overharvesting of wild medicinal plants, especially in India, threatens biodiversity. Essential oil profiles of such plants can help regulate their exploitation. Here, we present sCentInDB, a manually curated FAIR-compliant DataBase of Essential oil Chemical profiles of Medicinal plants of India, compiled from published literature. sCentInDB contains data on 554 Indian medicinal plants at the plant part level, encompassing 2170 essential oil profiles, 3420 chemicals, 471 plant-part-therapeutic use associations, 120 plant-part-odor associations, and 218 plant-part-color associations. sCentInDB also compiles metadata such as sample location, isolation, and analysis methods. Subsequently, an extensive analysis of the chemical space in sCentInDB was performed. By constructing a chemical similarity network, terpenoids were found to be distributed across the network, indicating greater structural diversity. Moreover, a comparison of the scaffold diversity of chemicals in sCentInDB was performed against three other aroma libraries using cyclic system retrieval curves. Altogether, sCentInDB will serve as a valuable resource for researchers working on plant volatiles and employing genetic engineering to enhance oil yield and composition. Further, sCentInDB will aid in the establishment of quality standards for essential oils and provide vital insights for therapeutic and perfumery applications. sCentInDB is accessible at https://cb.imsc.res.in/scentindb/ .
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*Declarations. Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.*