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Composition of the essential oil of Salvia macrosiphon Boiss. from Iran
Author(s) -
Javidnia K.,
Miri R.,
Jamalian A.
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.1468
Subject(s) - chemistry , linalool , essential oil , isovalerate , lamiaceae , composition (language) , organic chemistry , food science , botany , traditional medicine , medicine , butyrate , linguistics , philosophy , fermentation , biology
Composition of the essential oil of Salvia macrosiphon Boiss. (family Lamiaceae) was investigated by GLC and GC–MS. Sixty‐four components, representing 93.3% of the oil, were characterized. The yield of the oil was 0.14% (w[sol ]w). The main constituents of the oil were linalool (26.3%), hexyl hexanoate (9.6%), hexyl isovalerate (9.3%), hexyl‐2‐methyl‐butanoate (8.9%), sclareol (7.2%) and hexyl octanoate (6.1%). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.