Comparative survay on the essential oil composition of cultivated and wild Dracocephalum kotschyi

Najafpour Navaei, M.; Mirza, M.

Document Type : Research Paper

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Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands

Abstract

Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. is an aromatic and medicinal plant which grows in high and mountainous parts of Iran. It is a considerable plant for its high amount of essential oil. The aim of this study is comparing the essential oil of cultivated plant with its natural samples. The aerial parts of wild sample were collected from Jeirod of Tehran province and cultivated sample gathered from field in Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands. Essential oils isolated by hydro-distillation and analyzed by a combination of capillary GC and GC/MS. The results showed that there are some similarities in the cultivated and wild samples. In the oil of wild sample limonene (29.1%), methyl geranate (17.7%), geranial (15.8%) and neral (11.9%) were the major components. In the oil of cultivated sample myrthenol (30.1%), limonene(23.6%), geranial (14.3%) and neral (9.3%) were the main components.

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Iranian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

Comparative survay on the essential oil composition of cultivated and wild Dracocephalum kotschyi

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Volume 23, Issue 1 - Serial Number 35
May 2007
Pages 128-133

Comparative survay on the essential oil composition of cultivated and wild Dracocephalum kotschyi

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Volume 23, Issue 1 - Serial Number 35May 2007Pages 128-133

Volume 23, Issue 1 - Serial Number 35
May 2007
Pages 128-133