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Quantity and Composition of the Sde Prepared Essential Oil of Nepeta Macrosiphon Boiss Publisher



Ghannadi A1 ; Aghazari F1 ; Mehrabani M1 ; Mohagheghzadeh A2 ; Mehregan I2
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Source: Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Published:2003


Abstract

The essential oil from flowering aerial parts of Nepeta macrosiphon Boiss. growing wild in Kermanshah Province, Iran, was analyzed by GC/MS. This essential oil was prepared by a modified Likens-Nickerson’s simultaneous distillation-extraction (SDE) method. Forty-five compounds consisting 95.1% of the total components were identified from the oil obtained with a yield of 0.1%w/w. Among them, spathulenol (14.1%), germacrene D (9.2%) and caryophyllene oxide (8.1%) were the major components of the oil. © 2003, Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. All rights reserved.
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