Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Academic member of Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Department of Phytochemistry
Abstract
Essential oil of Satureja hortensis was isolated from shoots at flowering stage by two steam and hydrodistillation methods. Both of essential oil were analysed by GC-MS. Twenty-six components were identified representing 99.6% of the oils. The major components being y-terpinene (38%, 47%), Carvacrol (45%, 30%), P-cymene (3.2%, 0.2%) and a-terpinene (2.6%, 5.7%) by twohydro and steam distillation methods, respectively. carvacrol and y-terpinene showed no marked difference by the mentioned methods.
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