Essential Oil Composition of Two Tunisian Horehound Species: Marrubium vulgare L. and Marrubium aschersonii Magnus
Essential oils (EOs) obtained by hydrodistillation of the dried aerial parts of two horehound species: Marrubium vulgare L. and endemic Marrubium aschersonii Magnus (family Lamiaceae), were investigated by GC and GC-MS. Thirty five components and thirty seven components were identified respectively...
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Published in | Journal of essential oil-bearing plants (Dehra Dun) Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 608 - 612 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Taylor & Francis
03.09.2013
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Summary: | Essential oils (EOs) obtained by hydrodistillation of the dried aerial parts of two horehound species: Marrubium vulgare L. and endemic Marrubium aschersonii Magnus (family Lamiaceae), were investigated by GC and GC-MS. Thirty five components and thirty seven components were identified respectively in EO of M. vulgare and that of M. aschersonii, They accounted for 74.6 % and 79.5 % of the whole oils. Both EOs were characterized by high amounts of sesquiterpenes (50.5 % and 37.7 %). β-bisabolene (28.3 %), β- caryophyllene (7.8 %), (E)-β-farnesene (7.4 %) and 1,8-cineole (4.8 %) were the major constituents of M. vulgare oil, while β-bisabolene (22.0 %), α-thujene (10.3 %), eugenol (10.1 %), α-humulene (6.2 %) were the major constituents of M. aschersonii oil. |
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ISSN: | 0972-060X 0976-5026 |
DOI: | 10.1080/0972060X.2013.854492 |