Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M.H. Asareh
• M.M. Barazandeh
• K. Jaimand

Academic member of Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Mailing Address: Tehran, Iran Highway, Km - 15, P.O. Box: 13185-116

Abstract

Eucalyptus porosa was collected from Dezfool (Fadak Garden) in Martch 2004.Dry leaves of it were hydrodistilled in a clevenger type apparatus for 20 min. to produce an oil at the yield of 0.57%(based on dry leaves).In order of quantitavely and qualitavely analyses, the oil was injected to GC.Among Twenty-one compounds which were identified in the oil, 1,8-cineole (58.6%), α–pinene(12.8%) and nopinone (3.11%) were the major constituents, respectively.

Keywords

• Eucalyptus
• Myrtaceae
• essential oil
• 1
• 8-cineole
• α-pinene
• nopinone