AbstractExtracts from plants have been used traditionally for the preservation of palm leaf manuscripts in India. Although these methods are slowly being replaced by modern chemicals, art conservators still prefer herbal plant extracts as fungicides and insecticides. In this study, several traditional herbal extracts from the state of Odisha were studied using GC-MS and their long-term impact on palm leaf manuscripts was substantiated by visual observation. GC-MS results showed the presence of different herbal plant extracts from walnut fruit, Artemisia oil, cinnamon oil, equisetum stem, circium roots, Rhizophora leaf, tobacco leaf, and beggar-tick plant oil in palm leaf manuscripts. Illustrated manuscripts were also studied using FTIR spectroscopy which showed the presence of starch paste and pectin as binding media mixed in the pigments and writing inks for palm leaf manuscripts.

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印度用于棕榈叶手稿的传统天然防腐剂的色谱研究

摘要在印度，植物提取物传统上被用于保存棕榈叶手稿。尽管这些方法正在慢慢被现代化学品所取代，但艺术保护者仍然更喜欢草本植物提取物作为杀菌剂和杀虫剂。在这项研究中，使用 GC-MS 研究了奥里萨邦的几种传统草药提取物，并通过目测证实了它们对棕榈叶手稿的长期影响。GC-MS 结果显示，棕榈叶手稿中存在来自核桃果实、艾蒿油、肉桂油、木贼茎、环草根、Rhizophora 叶、烟草叶和乞丐植物油的不同草本植物提取物。