Composition of the Essential Oil of the Flowering Aerial Parts of Iranian Crambe orientalis L

• Published in: The Journal of essential oil research Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 348 - 350
• Main Authors: Safaei-Ghomi, J, Bamoniri, A, Hatami, A, Batooli, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Carol Stream Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2007; Allured Publishing Corporation
• Subjects: 3-butenyl isothiocyanate; aerial parts; chemical constituents of plants; Crambe; Crambe orientalis; Crambe persica; Cruciferae; decanoic acid; distillation; epoxy-oleic acid; essential oil composition; essential oils; gel permeation chromatography; henicosane; hexadecanoic acid; isothiocyanates; oleic acid; phytochemicals; plant extracts; Iran

The essential oil of flowering aerial parts of Crambe orientalis L., which belongs to Cruciferae family, was obtained by hydrodistillation method in 0.1% yield and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-three compounds representing 98.7% of the oil were identified. Among them 3-butenyl isothiocyanate (51....