In collaboration with Scientific Association of Iranian Medicinal Plants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Theran, Iran

Abstract

The composition of the oils from flower and leaf of Achilleea vermicularis Trin. Were Collected during the flowering period. The essential oils obtainad by hydrodistillation method (Clevenger- type appratus). The percentage of oils for flower were 0.44% and for leaf were 0.71% calculated on the dry weight, andlyzed by GC and GC/MS.
The major constituents in flower were camphor (31.2%), 1.8-cineole (24%), trans- p- menth- 2- en- 1- ol (14.8%), α-terpineol (5.3%) and for leaf were 1.8- cineole(25.7%), cemphor (21.4%), trans- p- menth- 2- en- 1- ol (18%) and sabinene (4%) respectively.

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