Volatile constituents of callus and flower-bearing tops of Zataria multiflora Boiss. (Lamiaceae)

✍ Scribed by Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh; Mohammadreza Shams-Ardakani; Alireza Ghannadi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 62 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/1099-1026(200011/12)15:6<373::aid-ffj923>3.0.co;2-9

✦ Synopsis

Green callus of Zataria multi~ora Boiss[ "Lamiaceae# was induced from seedlings[ The detailed volatile composition of callus and of ~ower!bearing tops used in the callus induction was investigated by GC and GCÐMS spectrometry[ Callus volatile constituents consisted of monoterpenoids "14[48) monoterpene hydrocarbons and 69[88) oxygenated monoterpenes#\ while volatile oil of the ~owering tops consisted mainly of monoterpenoids "19[84) monoterpene hydrocarbons and 62[96) oxygenated monoterpenes# and 3[51) sesquiterpene hydrocarbons[ The typical components for the two volatile oils were p!cymene "3[74) and 4[32)#\ g!terpinene "08[84) and 6[63)#\ thymol "23[80) and 21[24)# and carvacrol "4[95) and 14[84)#[ Furthermore\ thymol acetate "11[59)# and carvacrol acetate "4[84)# were found mainly in the former and linalol "5[66)# was found merely in the latter[ Copyright Þ 1999 John Wiley + Sons\ Ltd[ KEY WORDS] Zataria multi~ora Boiss[^Lamiaceae^volatile oils^callus^thymol^carvacrol^g!terpinene^thymol acetate^mono! and sesquiterpenoids