Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys Inflata Benth. From Iran Publisher



Ebrahim Sajjadi S¹ ; Somae M¹
Source: Chemistry of Natural Compounds Published:2004

Abstract

The chemical composition of a hydrodistilled oil of Stachys inflata Benth. growing wild in Iran was examined by GC/MS. Thirty-nine constituents were identified. The major components of the oil were germacrene-D (16.9%), bicyclogermacrene (16.6%), α-pinene (11.3%), β-phellandrene (9.8%), bicycloelemene (6.6%), β-pinene (5.6%), and spathulenol (3.2%). ©2004 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.