Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• A. Sonboli ¹
• M.R. Kanani ¹
• M. Mojarrad ²

¹ Department of Biology, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

² Payam Noor University, Naghadeh, Iran

Abstract

Aerial parts of Salvia santolinifolia Boiss. were collected in full flowering stage from three different localities from Darab (Fars province), Haji Abad and Fareghan (Hormozgan province). The oils were obtained by hydro-distillation and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The essential oil yields were 0.72, 0.53 and 0.41 % (w/w) based on dry weight of plants, respectively. Thirty-three, 30 and 32 compounds were identified in samples which constituted 99.1, 99.9 and 99.8 % of the total oils, respectively. In the oil obtained from Darab, α-pinene (54%), Borneol (15%) and camphene (9.8%) were found as the major components. From Haji Abad sample, α-pinene (72%), β-pinene (6.6%) and limonene (5.3%) were characterized as the main compounds. In the essential oil from Fareghan, constituents such as α-pinene (70%), β-pinene (5.7%) and limonene (5.2%) were determined as the principal ones. The results showed that the differences in essential oil composition could be considered as chemotaxonomic significance and it may be attributed to their different ecological and geographical origin factors.

Keywords

• Salvia santolinifolia Boiss
• essential oil composition
• α-pinene
• borneol