Volatile Oil Constituents of Leaves of the Eucalyptus gillii Maiden and E. microcarpa Subsp. macrocarpa Hook from Iran

authors:

avatar Kamkar Jaimand 1 , * , avatar Mohammad Hassan Assareh 1 , avatar Mohammad Bagher Rezaee 1

Phytochemistry Group, Department of Medicinal Plants & By-products, Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.5, issue 1; 73-75
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Research Article
received: December 21, 2004
accepted: October 21, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.657

how to cite: Jaimand K, Assareh M H, Rezaee M B. Volatile Oil Constituents of Leaves of the Eucalyptus gillii Maiden and E. microcarpa Subsp. macrocarpa Hook from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2006;5(1):e128267. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.657.

Abstract

The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the leaves of two Eucalyptus gillii Maiden and E. microcarpa Subsp. macrocarpa Hook were analysed by GC and GC/MS. The main components identified in E. gillii oil were 1, 8-cineole (79.5%), trans-pinocarveol (8%) and α-pinene (2.7%), and in E. microcarpa were 1, 8-cineole (77.3%), α-pinene (5.6%) and terpin-1-ol (5.1%). Oils with high content of 1, 8-cineole are classified as a “eucalyptol or medicinal” type.