In collaboration with Scientific Association of Iranian Medicinal Plants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Research Instituts of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Tilia platyphyllos which belongs to Tiliaceae family has aromatic flowers. The flowers were collected from Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands and extracted by hexane solvent. The absolute of linden was prepared by using Ethyl alcohol. The absolute were analyzed by GC/MS. Nineteen compounds reperesenting 96% of the absolute were identified of which Dihydrocarvone (29%), Limonene (12.9%), Caryophtllene (26%) and Carvone (6%) were the major constituents.

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