Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Salvia aethiopis L.

Authors: MEDİNE GÜLLÜCE, HAKAN ÖZER, ÖZLEM BARIŞ, DİMİTRA DAFERERA, FİKRETTİN ŞAHİN, MOSCHOS POLISSIOU

Abstract: The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Salvia aethiopis was analyzed by employing GC-MS. Thirty-two components (98.0% of the total oil) were identified in the essential oil of S. aethiopis. The main components of this oil were germacrene D (29.0%), \alpha-copaene (19.8%), \beta-cubebene + \beta-elemene (9.9%), bicyclogermacrene (9.3%), \delta cadinene (8.7%), and \beta-caryophyllene (7.3%).

Keywords: Lamiaceae, Salvia aethiopis, essential oil, GC-MS, germacrene D, \alpha-copaene

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