Biochemical Studies on the Essential Oils of some Medicinal Plants

✍ Scribed by Farag, R. S. ;Salem, H. ;Badei, A. Z. M. A. ;Hassanein, D. E.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Weight: 436 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-5985
• DOI: 10.1002/lipi.19860880210

✦ Synopsis

Some physical and chemical constants and chemical composition of the essential oils of three Egyptian plants namely thyme, rosemary and sage belonging to the Labiteae family were determined. Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of thyme, rosemaly and sage essential oils indicated the presence of 13,12 and 8 compounds representing 63.75"/0,82.44'%1 and 99Vo of the total volatile substances, respectively. The most prevalent volatile compounds of thyme, rosemary and sage oils were thymol, a-pinene and thujone, respectively. The anti-microbial examination for these oils against somemicro-organismshowed that thymeoil had the greatest effect followed by sage and rosemary oils.