Analysis of the essential oil of Thymus eriocalyx from Iran

✍ Scribed by R. Kalvandi; F. Sefidkon; M. Atri; M. Mirza

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 68 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1312

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Thymus eriocalyx (Ronniger) Jalas, before flowering and full flowering stage, were analysed by a combination of capillary GC and GC–MS. Seventy components were identified, constituting approximately 92.5% of the oil. The main constituents of the essential oil were thymol (42.8% and 43.1%), linalool (11.1% and 4.0%), γ‐terpinene (6.0% and 6.3%), 1,8‐cineole (5.6% and 3.3%), borneol (3.4% and 4.9%) and α‐terpineol (1.8% and 7.1%) at before flowering (10 days before bloom formation) and full flowering stage, respectively. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.