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

authors:

avatar Faraz Mojab 1 , * , avatar Bahman Nickavar 1

Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.2, issue 4; 245-247
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Research Article
received: May 01, 2003
accepted: October 01, 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.64

how to cite: Mojab F, Nickavar B. Composition of the Essential Oil of the Root of Heracleum persicum from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2003;2(4):e127647. 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 %).