Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• M. Mirza

Research Institut of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Fresh Aerial parts of Salvia atropatana Bunge were collected during their Flowering periods (Mai-june 1998) near shiraz.
The essential oil isolated by steam distillation for 90 min was obtained in yied of 0.1% w/w. The chemical composition of the essential oil was extracted by steam distillation method and analysed by GC/MS.
Twenty-nine components were characterized with b-Caryophyllene (16.3%), Sclareol (13.3%), Hexyl octanoate (12.2%), Bicyclogermacrene (10%) as the major constituents respectively.

Keywords

• Sclareol
• Salvia atropatana
• Caryophyllene