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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Survey and prospecting Jigat production potential of wild species from North East India for agarbathi making
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P Hazarika, Daisy Das, S C Biswas
Abstract
A study was conducted to explore plant species from wild having potential for production of substitute Jigat to mitigate the scarcity of Jigat for agarbathi industry in India. The survey was conducted in NE India and collected plant samples with sticky materials such as bark, leaves, rhizomes, corm, tender shoot, whole plant, flower, fruits, seed etc. The processed and dry samples were grinded into fine particles and sieved through 100 mesh sieve. The powder obtained from each plant species were studied for binding ability to prepare agarbathi as substitute Jigat (SJ). The evaluation of SJs was done by preparing agarbathi using each of the SJs alone and in combination. In the laboratory, SJs were evaluated for stickiness for agarbathi prepared either hand roll or using machine, smoothness of rolled agarbathi, weight of agarbathi, quantity of fragrance absorbed, burning time, odor produced during burning and changes during storage, shelf life etc. The study identified 18 plant species as suitable for using for making agarbathi. Highest number of plant species contributed by Lauraceae. SJs from leaves of 8 and bark of 3 plant species were found best to make agarbathi at standardized ratio 1:3: SJ: filler for hand rolled and 1:4: SJ: filler for machine made agarbathi. The SJ of other 7 plant species need to mix with best SJs to get optimum result.
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Pages:694-703
How to cite this article:
P Hazarika, Daisy Das, S C Biswas "Survey and prospecting Jigat production potential of wild species from North East India for agarbathi making ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 694-703
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