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Chemical composition of the essential oils of Marrubium parviflorum Fisch. & C. A. Mey. and Marrubium vulgare L. from Iran
Author(s) -
Khanavi Mahnaz,
Ghasemian Leila,
Motlagh Elham Hosseiny,
Hadjiakhoondi Abbas,
Shafiee Abbas
Publication year - 2005
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.1425
Subject(s) - germacrene d , lamiaceae , chemistry , essential oil , composition (language) , botany , germacrene , food science , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The composition of essential oil samples obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Marrubium parviorum Fisch. & C. A. Mey. and Marrubium vulgare L. (family Lamiaceae), were investigated by GC and GC–MS. Fifty‐one components in the oil of M. parviorum , representing 96.8% of the total oil, and 34 components in the oil of M. vulgare , representing 95.1% of the total oil, were identied. Both essential oils were characterized by a high amount of sesqiterpenes (77.8% and 82.5%, respectively) with bicyclogermacrene (26.3%), germacrene D (21.5%) and β ‐caryophyllene (15.6%) as the major constituents of M. parviorum , and β ‐bisabolene (25.4%), β ‐caryophyllene (11.6%), germacrene D (9.7%) and E ‐ β ‐farnesene (8.3%) as the major component of M. vulgare . Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.