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Essential oil composition of Hypericum perfoliatum L. growing in different locations in Greece
Author(s) -
Couladis M.,
Baziou P.,
Petrakis P.V.,
Harvala C.
Publication year - 2001
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.979
Subject(s) - monoterpene , chemistry , pinene , essential oil , composition (language) , terpene , nonane , botany , chromatography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , biology
Abstract The essential oils of the aerial parts of Hypericum perfoliatum L., collected in two different locations in Greece, were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC– MS. Fifty constituents were identified. The monoterpene hydrocarbons had the highest contribution. The major constituents in sample A were α‐pinene (48.6%) n ‐nonane (8.5%) and δ‐cadinene (4.6%), while those of sample B, were α‐pinene (34.2%) β‐pinene (9.2%) and δ‐cadinene (8.1%). Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.