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Essential oils of three Salvia species from the Pannonian part of Serbia
Author(s) -
Malenčić Dj.,
Couladis M.,
MimicaDukić N.,
Popović M.,
Boža P.
Publication year - 2004
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.1291
Subject(s) - chemistry , sesquiterpene , essential oil , lamiaceae , palmitic acid , salvia , sage , food science , botany , organic chemistry , fatty acid , biology , physics , nuclear physics
The essential oils of Salvia reexa Hornem., S. nemorosa L. and S. glutinosa L., collected from the Pannonian part of Serbia have been studied. The oil content was determined gravimetrically in n ‐hexane and it ranged from 0.06–0.142%. The percentage yields of oil were low, therefore investigated species could be assigned to the group of oil‐poor members of the family Lamiaceae. The essential oil composition was analysed by GC–MS. In S. reexa 27 constituents were identied, 23 in S. nemorosa , and 13 in S. glutinosa . In all samples the oil was characterized by high content of sesquiterpenes. The major constituents in S. reexa oil were palmitic acid (28.02%) and sesquiterpene alcohol spathulenol (22.55%), while in the oil of S. nemorosa and S. glutinosa oxygenated sesquiterpene caryophyllene oxide was the main compound, averaged 23.36% and 33.34%, respectively. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.