Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from flowers and leaves of Eupatorium cannabinum L. from Iran

authors:

avatar Mehdi Mirza 1 , * , avatar Mehrdokht Najafpour Navaei 1 , avatar Mohammad Dini 1

Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.5, issue 2; 149-152
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Research Article
received: March 21, 2005
accepted: September 21, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.668

how to cite: Mirza M, Najafpour Navaei M, Dini M. Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from flowers and leaves of Eupatorium cannabinum L. from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2006;5(2):e128302. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.668.

Abstract

Hydro-distilled volatile oils from the flowers and leaves of Eupatorium cannabinum L. which gathered in Touchal on Mountain Alborz (Tehran province) in Iran were investigated mainly by a combination of GC and GC/MS. Thirty-nine components were identified in the oils. The main constituents of the essential oils in flowers and leaves were germacrene D (27.3%, 37.1%), gemacrene B (12.4%, 11.7%) and β-caryophyllene (8.6%, 10.1%). Although the main components of all the oils are similar, their percentages are different.