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Chemical composition of the volatile oil of aerial parts of Valeriana sisymbriifolia Vahl. grown in Iran
Author(s) -
Javidnia K.,
Miri R.,
Kamalinejad M.,
Khazraii H.
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.1660
Subject(s) - borneol , chemistry , essential oil , sesquiterpene , caryophyllene , camphor , composition (language) , traditional medicine , food science , organic chemistry , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
The essential oil of Valeriana sisymbriifolia growing wild in Iran was obtained by hydrodistallation and analyzed by GC‐MS technique. Forty‐one components representing 90.2% of the total oil were identified. The main components of the oil were β ‐atlantone and 14‐hydroxy‐9‐epi‐( E )‐caryophyllene (16.3%), viridiflorol (11.4%), isovaleric acid (7.3%), ( Z )‐ α ‐bisabolene (5.9%), allo‐aromadendrene‐epoxide (5.5%) and borneol (5.2%). Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.