Volatile compounds from some wild growing aromatic herbs of the Lamiaceae from southern France |
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Authors: | R Chizzola |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Applied Botany, Department of Veterinary Public Health , University of Veterinary Medicine , Vienna, Austria Remigius.Chizzola@vu-wien.ac.at |
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Abstract: | Abstract The composition of the volatile fraction in selected aromatic plants of the Lamiaceae from garrigue sites in southern France is described. Calamintha nepeta appeared heterogeneous. The oil was dominated by piperitone oxide, and piperitenone oxide or by pulegone and menthone. In Nepeta nepetella, nepetalactone, almost exclusively the (4a-α, 7α, 7a-β)-isomer, made up more than 85% of the essential oil. Dichloromethane extracts from Teucrium polium contained germacrene D or sabinene as main components, α-pinene, β-pinene and β-caryophyllene in varying proportions as further important constituents, and various minor components depending on the origin. |
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Keywords: | Calamintha nepeta essential oil Nepeta nepetella Teucrium polium |
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