In collaboration with Scientific Association of Iranian Medicinal Plants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran

2 Faculty of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

Essential oil from aerial parts of Salvia bazmanica Rech. f. & Esfand, an endemic species to Iran, was extracted using hydro-distillation method and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-one compounds were identified in essential oil of this species through comparing retention indices and mass spectra of each compound with that of standard compounds. β-pinene (37.5%), β-phellandrene (15.3%), α-thujene (9.5%) and α-pinene (8.9%) were determined as major constituents in the essential oil.  The oil was richer in monoterpenes than in sesquiterpenes.

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