Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Research Institut of Forests & Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Two Eucalyptus species , E. stricklandii Maiden. and E. erythrocorys F. Muell were cultivated on 1994 in south-western of Iram (Khozestan), were collected on April 2004. The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the leaves of were analyzed by GC and GC/MS.The main components identified in E. stricklandii oil were 1,8-cineole (72.2%), a-pinene (12.2%) and terpinen-1–ol (2.8%), and in E. erythrocorys were 1,8-cineole (80%), a-pinene (5.7%) and terpinen-1-ol (2.2%).
High content of 1,8-cineole in our cultivated plants and uses of this compound in pharmacy industry is a reason of our investigation. This paper now reportes for the first time the results of the analyses of leaf oils of E. stricklandii Maiden.,and E. erythrocorys F. Muell. , growing in Iran.
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