Authors
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Medicinal Plants and By product Divition
Abstract
The herb was cultivated in the Research Station of Alborz-Karaj. Essential oils were extracted from aerial parts of plants at full flowering stage by steam distillation and by water distillation from fruit. The oil content were 1.3% in the aerial parts of plant and 2.5% in the fruit. Concentration and composition of the essential oil were studied by GC/MS. Main constituents of the fruit oils were a-pinene, B-pinene, myristicin, elemicin and apiole which constitiuting 87% of the oil. Among 13 compounds in the aerial parts, oil; a-pinene, ß pinene, B-phellandrene, myristicin and menthatriene<1,3,8-para-> constituting 90% of the oil.
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