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The essential oil of Hypericum perforatum L., Hypericum tetrapterum Fries and Hypericum olympicum L. growing in Greece
Author(s) -
Pavlović M.,
Tzakou O.,
Petrakis P. V.,
Couladis M.
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.1521
Subject(s) - hypericum perforatum , chemistry , hypericum , essential oil , caryophyllene , germacrene d , traditional medicine , germacrene , food science , medicine
The composition of the essential oils of the Hypericum perforatum L., Hypericum tetrapterum Fries and Hypericum olympicum L. is reported. GC‐MS analyses showed α ‐pinene (21.0%) and 2‐methyl‐octane (12.6%) as the most abundant components of H. perforatum , whilst α ‐copaene (11.3%) and α ‐longipinene (9.7%) were the major constituents of H. tetrapterum ; those of H. olympicum oil were germacrene D (16.0%) and ( E )‐caryophyllene (7.4%). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.