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Composition of the volatile oils of Satureja spicigera C. Koch Boiss. and S. macrantha C. A. Mey from Iran
Author(s) -
Gohari Ahmad Reza,
Hadjiakhoondi Abbas,
SadatEbrahimi Esmaeil,
Saeidnia Soodabeh,
Shafiee Abbas
Publication year - 2006
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.1642
Subject(s) - chemistry , botany , traditional medicine , biology , medicine
The essential oils of the aerial parts of S. spicigera (C. Koch) Boiss. and S. macrantha C. A. Mey. from Iran have been analysed by GC and GC–MS. Forty‐three compounds in the oil of S. spicigera , representing 97.4% of the total oil, and 48 compounds in the oil of S. macrantha , representing 92.1%, were identified. The oil of S. spicigera was rich of monoterpenes (89.9%) with thymol (37.3%) as the major compound, but the oil of S. macrantha consisted of approximately equal amounts of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes (34.2% and 30.8%, respectively) with spathulenol (14.0%) as the main component. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.