Essential Oil Composition of Achillea eriophora, A. nobilis, A. biebersteinii and A. wilhelmsii from Iran

The major composition of the essential oils of these species from aerial parts growing wild in Iran analysed by GC and GC-MS. The essential oil of Achillea eriophora DC. were identified and major compounds were camphor (30.40 %), 1,8 cineol (25.24 %) and camphene (6.21 %). The essential oil of A. no...

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Published in:Journal of essential oil-bearing plants (Dehra Dun) 2008, Vol.11 (5), p.460-467
Main Authors: Ghani, Askar, Azizi, Majid, Hassanzadeh-Khayyat, Mohammad, Pahlavanpour, Ali Asghar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1,8-cineole
Achillea biebersteinii
Achillea eriophora
Achillea nobilis
Achillea wilhelmsii
Asteraceae
camphor
essential oil
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Summary:The major composition of the essential oils of these species from aerial parts growing wild in Iran analysed by GC and GC-MS. The essential oil of Achillea eriophora DC. were identified and major compounds were camphor (30.40 %), 1,8 cineol (25.24 %) and camphene (6.21 %). The essential oil of A. nobilis L. subsp neilreichii (Kerner) Formanek was found to contain: α-thujone (34.06 %), 1,8-cineole (14.14 %) and β-cedren epoxide (9.63 %) as the major constituents. The major compounds of A. biebersteinii Afan. were 1,8-cineole (32.82 %), carvacrol (10.85 %) piperitone (7.34 %). The oil of A. wilhelmsii C. Koch. was characterized by higher amounts of camphor (19.66 %), 1,8 cineole (9.06 %) and α-pinene (10.00 %). The results showed that 1,8-cineole in all species is major compound.
ISSN:0972-060X
0976-5026
DOI:10.1080/0972060X.2008.10643654