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Essential Oil Constituents of Leaf, Flower and Stem of Melissa Officialis L. Grown in Gonbad-Kavus (Iran) Publisher



Afsharypuor S1 ; Alijaniha F2 ; Mosaddegh M2 ; Naseri M3 ; Noorbala A4 ; Fallahi F5 ; Montazeri A6
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  1. 1. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Shahed Traditional Iranian Medicine Research Center, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Psychosomatic Ward, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Cardiology Department, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Mental Health, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants Published:2015


Abstract

The compositions of the essential oils of leaf, flower and stem of Melissa officinalis L. were analyzed by GC-MS. Twenty-seven volatile components in the leaf oil, twenty-eight components in the flower oil, and thirty five components in the stem oil were identified. The main constituents of the leaf oil were: β- caryophyllene oxide (27.8 %), geranial (21.3 %), neral (12.9 %), β-caryophyllene (8.0 %) and geranyl acetate (5.6 %); while the major components of the flower oil were: geranial (27.4 %), neral (18.0 %), β-caryophyllene (15.6 %), β-caryophyllene oxide (7.5 %) and E-cadina-1(6),4-diene (7.1 %). The main constituents of the stem oil were: n-hexadecanoic acid (47.4 %), (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid (14.9 %), dodecanoic acid (4.6 %), β-caryophyllene (4.2 %) and geraniol (2.2 %). Oils of the leaf and flower were almost completely composed of mono- and sesquiterpenoids, while oil of the stem is mainly consisted of the saturated and unsaturated fatty acids as well as some normal saturated hydrocarbons along with minor quantities of volatile terpenoids. © 2015, Har Krishan Bhalla & Sons.