Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Theran, Iran
Abstract
Dracocephalum genus has eight annual and perennial aromatic species in Iran and among them Dracocephalum kotschy is a native species. plant material were collected from Tehran province (kandovan tunnel) at the flowering stage.
Air-dried aerial parts were subjected to steam distillation for 1 hour in an all glass apparatus to produce the oil in 0.5% w/w yield. The essential oil was analysed by GC and GC/MS. Twentysix components were identified,representing 87.8% of The oil with limonene (38.2%), Perillal de hyde (24.5%), Geranial (7.5%), α-Pinene (6.3%), Neral (6.1%) and cis-β-Ocimene as the major constituents, respectively.
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