Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys laxa Boiss. and Buhse

authors:

avatar Seyed Ebrahim Sajjadi 1 , * , avatar I Mehregan 2

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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how to cite: Sajjadi S E, Mehregan I. Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys laxa Boiss. and Buhse. Iran J Pharm Res. 2003;2(1):e129381. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.37.

Abstract

The constituents of the essential oil of Stachys laxa Boiss. & Buhse growing wild in Iran were investigated by GC-MS for the first time. Thirty-three constituents were identified. Germacrene-D (40.1%), b -caryophylene (16.7%), b -phellandrene (5.5%), caryophyllene oxide (4.6%), linalool (3.2%) and a-cadinol (2.6%) were found to be the major constituents of the oil.