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Composition of the essential oils of wild and cultivated Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad from Iran
Author(s) -
Farsam H.,
Amanlou M.,
Radpour M. R.,
Salehinia A. N.,
Shafiee A.
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.1300
Subject(s) - carvacrol , thymol , essential oil , eugenol , chemistry , lamiaceae , satureja , myrcene , p cymene , botany , cultivated plant taxonomy , chemotype , composition (language) , food science , limonene , biology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , ruthenium , catalysis
The essential oils of the wild and cultivated Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad (Lamiaceae) from Iran were isolated by hydrodistillation in yields of 0.6% and 1.2% respectively. The chemical composition of the essential oils was examined by GC and GC–MS. Twelve components of the wild plants' oil, representing 98.5% of the total oil, and 21 components of the cultivated plants' oil, representing 99.2%, were identied. The main components of the wild plants' oil were carvacrol (93.9%), eugenol (1.0%), p ‐cymene (0.8%) and thymol (0.6%). The major constituents of the cultivated plants' oil were carvacrol (80.6%), p ‐cymene (4.8%), myrcene (1.5%), γ ‐terpinene (2.1%) and terpinene‐4‐ol (2.1%). In both the wild and cultivated plants the main component of the oil was carvacrol. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.