Composition of the Essential Oil of Thymus pubescens Boiss. et Kotschy ex Celak and Thymus fedtschenkoi Ronninger from Iran

Water-distilled essential oils from aerial parts of Thymus fedtschenkoi and Thymus pubescens collected from three different localities in Iran were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil of T. fedtschenkoi contained thymol (31.8%), carvacrol (24.3%), p-cymene (12.3%) and 1,8-cineole (5.8%). The oils of T...

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Published inThe Journal of essential oil research Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 154 - 155
Main Authors Abousaber, M, Hadjakhoondi, A, Shafiee, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.2002
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Summary:Water-distilled essential oils from aerial parts of Thymus fedtschenkoi and Thymus pubescens collected from three different localities in Iran were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil of T. fedtschenkoi contained thymol (31.8%), carvacrol (24.3%), p-cymene (12.3%) and 1,8-cineole (5.8%). The oils of T. pubescens contained thymol (63.4%, 11.1%), alpha -terpineol (19.2%), limonene (1.2%, 8.8%), p-cymene (4.0%, 5.0%) and carvacrol (3.7%, 0.4%).
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ISSN:1041-2905