Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Medicinal Plants Research Division, Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands
Abstract
Leonurus cardiaca L. is an aromatic and medicinal plant which could be found in high and mountainous parts of Iran. It is a considerable plant for its essential oil. In order to study the volatile constituents, its aerial parts were collected from Damavand, essential oil isolated by water steam distillation (clevenger) and were analyzed by a combination of capillary GC and GC /MS. 37 compounds were identified representing 98.4 % of the oil. It was dominated by Germacrene-D (20.9%), α–humulene (15.3%) and β–caryophyllene (13.8%).
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