Changes in Content and Constituents of Essential Oil in Different Plant Parts of Lovage (Levisticum officinale Koch. Cv. Budakalaszi) Cultivated in Iran

Sixteen, 18, 19, 19 and 10 constituents were identified in the essential oils of herb, flowers, unripe fruits, ripe fruits and roots of lovage, respectively. In herb's essential oil the main constituents were: alpha-terpinyl acetate (52.4 %), Z-ligustilide (29.7 %), beta-phellandrene (12.9 %). In flower's essential oil the main constituents were: Z-ligustilide (52.4 %), beta-phellandrene (26.6 %) and alpha-terpinyl acetate (10.4 %). beta-Phellandrene (47.8 %), Z-ligustilide (38.5 %) and alpha-terpinyl acetate (3.6 %) were the major components of unripe fruits. In ripe fruits, Z-ligustilide (35.1 %), beta-phellandrene (34.4 %) and alpha-terpinyl acetate (4.2 %) and in roots Z-ligustilide (79.7 %), Pentylcyclohexadiene (7.9 %), P-allylanisole (7 %) and beta-phellandrene (2.3 %), are found chief constituents.