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Composition of the leaves essential oil of Melissa officinalis s. l. from Greece
Author(s) -
Basta Andriani,
Tzakou Olga,
Couladis Maria
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.1518
Subject(s) - citronellal , sabinene , citral , chemistry , essential oil , melissa officinalis , caryophyllene , composition (language) , officinalis , botany , monoterpene , food science , limonene , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Abstract The leaf essential oil of wild Melissa officinalis s. l. from three localities in Greece was analyzed by GC and GC‐MS. The leaf oils contained β ‐pinene (6.4–18.2%), sabinene (6.9–17.4%), ( E )‐caryophyllene (7.2–15.3%) and caryophyllene oxide (12.6–24.4%) as major constituents and was characterized by the absence of citral and citronellal. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.