2010•Journal of Essential Oil Bearing PlantsRequires access
Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from Aerial Parts ofSenicio gallicusChaix Growing Wild in Iran
Majid Mohammadhosseini, Abbas Pazoki, Hassan Ali Zamani, Hashem Akhlaghi, Mehdi Nekoei
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Abstract
The present report deals with identification and quantification of essential oil obtained from aerial parts of Senicio gallicus Chaix as a growing wild in Semnan province (Iran). The volatile oil was analyzed by a GC and a GC-MS instrument. Twenty three components were identified constituting 96.2 % of the oil. The main components of the oil were β-phellandrene (12.2 %), apinene (9.8 %), germacrene-D (9.8 %), myrcene (8.2 %), α-copaene (8.1 %), sabinene (7.2 %), (Z)-β-ocimene (7.0 %), β-caryophyllene (6.8 %), p-cymene (6.4 %), β-pinene (4.2 %), α phellandrene (3.8 %), α-terpinolene (3.3 %), (E)-β-ocimene (1.7 %), α-humulene (1.6 %), azingiberene (1.5 %) and caryophyllene oxide (1.0 %).