Chemical constituents of the essential oil of Ajuga chamaepitys growing in Iran
2002
Azizan, J. | Fallah-Bagher-Shaidaei, H. | Kefayati, H.
The essential oil of Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. (Lamiaceae), was prepared by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-five compounds were identified in the oil, which the monoterpene hydrocarbons (65.6%) predominated with alpha-pinene (16.1%) and beta-pinene (34.3%) being major. The sesquiterpene fraction accounted for a further 18.0% of the oil of which germacrene D (5.6%) was the major component.
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