Composition of the Essential Oil of Salvia montbretii Benth. from Turkey

Original Article

JOURNAL 69

Records of Natural Products

VOLUME & ISSUE

Year: 2018 Issue: 5 September-October

PAGES

p.426 - 431

DOI ADDRESS

http://doi.org/10.25135/rnp.51.17.12.080

STATISTICS

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AUTHORS

Fatma Abak, Gulsum Yildiz, Vagif Atamov and Mine Kurkcuoglu

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The composition of the essential oil produced from aerial parts of Salvia montbretii Benth.(Lamiaceae), was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Forty-six compounds constituting about 97.7% of the essential oil were characterized.The main compounds were characterized as b -caryophyllene (32.8%), b -pinene (9.8%), a -humulene (8.2%), 12-hydroxy- b -caryophyllene acetate (6.6%), germacrene D (4.9%) and a -pinene (4.5%).

KEYWORDS

Salvia montbretii Benth
oil composition
b -caryophyllene
a -humulene
b -pinene.