In collaboration with Scientific Association of Iranian Medicinal Plants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Academic member of ph.D, P.O.Box 13185-116, Tehran- Iran

Abstract

The compostion of the oils from flower and leaf of Achillea mellifolium L. subsp.mellifolium were collected during the flowering period from  Lar area to Damavand montain, alt. 3400 m. in July 2003. The essential oils obtained by different methods of distillation ( steam distillation and hydrodistillation), the percentage of oils for flower and leaf by steam distillation were 0.2 and 0.05%  and  by hydrodistillation were  0.4 and 0.04%  respectively, and calculated on the dry weight, and analysis by GC and GC/MS.
The major constituents by hydrodistillation in flower were  p-cymene (19.8%), n- heptanol (15.2%) and bornyl acetate (12%) in leaf p- cymene (24.1%), n- heptanol (11.1%) and camphor (5.9%) and by steam distillation in flower were (E)-isoeugenyl acetate (18%), n- heptanol (16.3%), bornyl acetate (16.2%) and      p-cymene (9.3%) in leaf (Z)- isodemicin (16%), (E)-isoeugenyl acetate (14.9%),   nootkatin (13%) and longifolene (11.8%), respectively 

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