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Essential oil composition of Teucrium scordium L.

Katayoun Morteza-Semnani

Morteza-Semnani, Katayoun

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Mohammad Akbarzadeh

Akbarzadeh, Mohammad

Dec 28, 2007

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Acta Pharmaceutica

Volume 57 (2007): Issue 4 (December 2007)

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Published Online: Dec 28, 2007

Page range: 499 - 504

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10007-007-0040-6

Keywords
Teucrium scordium (Labiatae), essential oil, β-caryophyllene, (E)-β-farnesene, caryophyllene oxide

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Composition of the essential oil obtained from dried flowering aerial parts of Teucrium scordium L. (Labiatae) was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-six components were identified in the essential oil of T. scordium. The major constituents of the oil were β-caryophyllene (22.8%), (E)-β-farnesene (10.4%), caryophyllene oxide (8.6%), 1,8-cineole (6.1%) and β-eudesmol (5.1%).

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