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Chemical composition of the essential oil of Perovskia abrotanoides Karel. growing wild in Iran
Author(s) -
Sajjadi S. Ebrahim,
Mehregan I.,
Khatamsaz M.,
Asgari Gh.
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.1508
Subject(s) - chemistry , camphene , myrcene , essential oil , camphor , borneol , caryophyllene , eucalyptol , sesquiterpene , chemical composition , traditional medicine , composition (language) , steam distillation , monoterpene , karel , humulene , terpene , botany , organic chemistry , limonene , food science , traditional chinese medicine , pathology , biology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , computer science , operating system
The chemical composition of the volatile oil from aerial parts of Perovskia abrotanoides Karel. has been studied by GC and GC‐MS. Twenty‐nine components (98.9% of the total composition) were identified. 1,8‐Cineole (32.4%), myrcene (13.0%), α ‐pinene (10.2%), camphor (9.1%), β ‐caryophyllene (7.9%), α ‐humulene (6.4%), camphene (5.0%) and α ‐bisabolol (2.6%) were found to be the major constituents of the oil. The oil of P. abrotanoides was characterized by a high content of monoterpenes (78.9%), whereas sesquiterpenes contained only 20.0% of the essential oil. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.