Volatile Constituents of Origanum vulgare ssp. viride (syn. O. heracleoticum) from Iran

Suleiman Afsharypour; S. Ebrahim Sajjadi; Mahboobeh Erfan-Manesh

doi:10.1055/s-2006-957640

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 1997; 63(2): 179-180
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957640

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Volatile Constituents of Origanum vulgare ssp. viride (syn. O. heracleoticum) from Iran

Suleiman Afsharypour, S. Ebrahim Sajjadi, Mahboobeh Erfan-Manesh

Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan I. R. Iran

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Constituents of the volatile oil of Origanum vulgare ssp. viride growing wild in Kodjour (N. Iran) were studied using TLC, GC, GC/MS, and ¹H-NMR methods. The oil was composed of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. The main components of the monoterpene fraction were linalyl acetate, sabinene, γ-terpinene, trans-ocimene, and cis-ocimene. Low percentages of the phenolic monoterpenoids (thymol and carvacrol) were detected in the oil. The percentage of the identified sesquiterpenoid components was relatively high (44%). The main components of this fraction were β-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, germacrene D, and γ-elemene.

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