Essential Oil Constituents of Echinophora platyloba DC.

authors:

avatar Gholam Reza Asghari 1 , * , avatar S. Ebrahim Sajjadi 2 , avatar Hasan Sadraei 2 , avatar Kh Yaghobi 2

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.2, issue 3; 185-186
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Rapid Communication
received: June 01, 2002
accepted: August 01, 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.49

how to cite: Asghari G R, Sajjadi S E, Sadraei H, Yaghobi K. Essential Oil Constituents of Echinophora platyloba DC.. Iran J Pharm Res. 2003;2(3):e127636. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.49.

Abstract

The hydrodistilled oil of the aerial parts of Echiophora platyloba DC. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Ten components have been identified, of which the major constituents were found to be trans-β-ocimene (67.9%), 2-furanone (6.2%), myrcene (6.0%), linalool (3.1%), and cis-β-ocimene (2.3%).