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Volatile constituents of three Salvia species grown wild in Iran
Author(s) -
Rustaiyan Abdolhossein,
Masoudi Shiva,
Monfared Azam,
Komeilizadeh Hossein
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199909/10)14:5<276::aid-ffj825>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - limonene , chemistry , camphor , sesquiterpene , essential oil , botany , germacrene d , caryophyllene , traditional medicine , biology , food science , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine
The composition of the oils from leaves and flowers of three Salvia species ( S. aethiopis L., S. hypoleuca Benth. and S. multicaulis Vahl.) has been analysed by a combination of GC and GC–MS. During the flowering period, two oils ( S. aethiopis and S. hypoleuca ) consisted mainly of sesquiterpenes, while in S. multicaulis oil monoterpenes predominated over sesquiterpenes. The major components of the oil of S. aethiopis were β‐caryophyllene (24.6%), α‐copaene (15.5%) and germacrene D (13.5%). In the oil of S. hypoleuca , β‐caryophyllene (22.0%), δ‐elemene (15.5%) and bicyclogermacrene (15.1%) were found to be the major constituents. α‐Pinene (26.0%), 1,8‐cineole+limonene (20.0%) and camphor (19.0%) were the predominant compounds in the oil of S. multicaulis . Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.