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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Teucrium yemense Deflers

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JOURNAL 11

Records of Natural Products
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2008 Issue: 2 April-June
PAGES
p.25 - 32
STATISTICS
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AUTHORS
    Nasser A. Awadh Ali, Martina Wurster, Norbert Arnold, Ulrike Lindequist and Ludger Wessjohan
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ABSTRACT

The chemical composition of the essential oil (EO) obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Teucrium yemense Deflers was determined by GC-MS. Twelve compounds accounting to 77.7% of the total oil were identified. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (73.9%) were the predominant portion of the oil with δ-cadinene (34.9%), β-caryophyllene (22.7%), a -humulene (6.1%), and a -selinene (5.4%) as the main constituents.

 KEYWORDS
  • Essential oil
  • Teucrium yemense
  • δ-cadinene
  • GC-MS.