Journal
JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL BEARING PLANTS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 678-682Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2009.10643774
Keywords
Ziziphora capitata; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D
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- Shahid Beheshti University Research council
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The chemical composition of the hydrodistilled essential oil of the aerial flowering parts of Ziziphora capitata L. from Iran was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Forty-two components representing 97.2% of the total oil were identified. The main constituents of the oil were germacrene D (21.3%), limonene (7.8%), beta-caryophyllene (7.5%), bicyclogermacrene (5.5%) and spathulenol (4.5%). Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (46.9%) and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (24.8%) were the predominant portion of the oil. Regarding main component of the oils of different Ziziphora species, Z. capitata with containing germacrene D as major constituent in contrast to pulegone for other species were chemically different.
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