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Composition of the essential oils of six endemic Salvia spp. from Turkey
Author(s) -
Demirci Betül,
Hüsnü Can Başer K.,
Yıldız Bayram,
Bahçecioǧlu Zeliha
Publication year - 2003
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/ffj.1173
Subject(s) - lamiaceae , chemistry , essential oil , thymol , composition (language) , botany , sesquiterpene , salvia , traditional medicine , food science , organic chemistry , biology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
The water‐distilled essential oils from dried aerial parts of Salvia blepharochlaena , S. caespitosa , S. divaricata , S. hypargeia , S. longipedicellata and S. pilifera (Lamiaceae), endemic in Turkey, were analysed by GC–MS. α‐Pinene, β‐pinene, 1,8‐cineole, thymol, caryophyllene oxide, α‐thujone respectively, were the major constituenst of the oils. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.