Essential oils of Ferula microcolea (Boiss.) Boiss. and Ferula hirtella Boiss. from Iran

Akhgar, M.R.; Rustaiyan, A.; Masoudi, S.; Bigdeli, M.

Essential oils of Ferula microcolea (Boiss.) Boiss. and Ferula hirtella Boiss. from Iran

2005

Akhgar, M.R. | Rustaiyan, A. | Masoudi, S. | Bigdeli, M.

The oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of F. microcolea (Boiss.) Boiss., which is endemic to Iran, and F. hirtella Boiss. were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty compounds representing 88.9% of the oil of F. mictocolea were identified, among them alpha-pinene (19.2%), nonane (13.2%) and beta-pinene (13.0%) were the major ones. The oil of F. hirtella was also characterized by higher amounts of alpha-pinene (15.4%) and thymol (14.9%) among the 35 components comprising 84.8% of the total oil detected.

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