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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 152-160Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.534733
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Melissa officinalis L. of Iran; essential oil compounds; SH/SPME method; octanol-water partitioning; total biodegradation; LC50; gas chromatography; mass spectroscopy
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The volatile constituents of the essential oil of wild Melissa officinalis L. obtained from the Kurdistan province of Iran were extracted by headspace/solid-phase micro-extraction and were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Of a total of 14 compounds in the oil, 12 (85.7%) were identified. The main components were as follows: (E)-citral (37.2%), neral (23.9%) and citronellal (20.3%). Some physicochemical properties, such as the logarithm of calculated octanol-water partitioning coefficients (log K-ow), total biodegradation (TBd in mol h(-1) and g h(-1)), water solubility (S-w, mg L-1 at 25 degrees C) and median lethal concentration 50 (LC50), were calculated for compounds 1-14 from M. officinalis L.
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