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Composition of the Essential Oil of the Root of Heracleum persicum from Iran

Authors

Faraz Mojab1,*, Bahman Nickavar1
1Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran. Email:sfmojab@yahoo.com

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research:Vol. 2, issue 4; 245-247
Published online:Nov 20, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:May 01, 2003
Accepted:Oct 01, 2003
How to Cite:Mojab F, Nickavar B. Composition of the Essential Oil of the Root of Heracleum persicum from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2022;2(4):e127647. doi: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.64

Abstract

The essential oil of the root of Heracleum persicum (Apiaceae) was analyzed by capillary GC and GC /MS. The major constituents were identified as viridiflorol (23.05 %), elemol (3.63 %), β-maliene (3.07 %), spathulenol (3.34 %) and 2-tetradecanol (3.38 %).

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