The Study of Essential oil of Hymenocrater longiflorus Benth Growing in Paveh

Soheila Shahriari; Masume Khanahmadi; Reza Tahvilian

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The Study of Essential oil of Hymenocrater longiflorus Benth Growing in Paveh

Author(s):

Soheila Shahriari¹,

Masume Khanahmadi²,

Reza Tahvilian^1,*

1Department of pharmaceutics, School of pharmacy, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Department of Chemistry, Kermanshah Branch of ACECR, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Reports in Pharmaceutical Sciences:Vol. 2, issue 2; 111-115

Published online:Jun 18, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 19, 2013

Accepted:Jun 08, 2013

How to Cite:Soheila ShahriariMasume KhanahmadiReza TahvilianThe Study of Essential oil of Hymenocrater longiflorus Benth Growing in Paveh.J Rep Pharm Sci.2(2):e147740.

Abstract

The genus Hymenocrater, belong to the Lamiaceae family, consist of 21 species throughout the world. In Iran, about 9 species are present, of which some are endemic. Plants belonging to these genuses are pharmacologically active and have been used in folk medicine all around the world. The aim of the present study was to detect the essential oils composition of Hymenocrater longiflorus Benth. collected from Paveh, Kermanshah province. Plant sample was dried in shade condition and the essential oil of the plant obtained by hydrodistillation by Clevenger type apparatus was analyzed by GC/MS. Yield of essential oil was (1.5 % v/w). The major components of the oil of H. longiflorus Benth were Hedycaryol (22.2), α- Cadinol (20.43), β-Bourbonene (5.76%), α-Terpineol (4.95%), Eudesmol <7-Epi-> (4.84%), β-Bourbonene (4.69%), Caryophylene oxide (4.32%) and Geijerene (4.08%), Caryophelen (2.99), Sabinene (2.6%), 1,8-Cineole (2.58%), δ-Amorphene (2.58%), δ-Caddinene (2.24%) and α-Pinene (2.07%) were the main compounds with the greatest content.

Keywords

HymenocraterlongiflorusBenth

Essential oils

GC/MS

Paveh

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