The essential oil of Acinos suaveolens (Sm.) G. Don fil. Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy and Acinos rotundifolius Pers. growing wild in Turkey

Authors
Kaya, A Baser, KHC Tumen, G Koca, F
Citation
A. Kaya et al., The essential oil of Acinos suaveolens (Sm.) G. Don fil. Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy and Acinos rotundifolius Pers. growing wild in Turkey, FLAV FRAG J, 14(1), 1999, pp. 60-64
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08825734 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
60 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-5734(199901/02)14:1<60:TEOOAS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In this study, water-distilled essential oil of three species of Acinos Mil ler (Lamiaceae) were analysed by GC-MS. Oils from A. suaveolens (Sm.) G. Do n fil. were found to contain pulegone (23.2-80.7%) and isomenthone (1.1-54. 1%). Oils from A. arvensis (Lam.) Dandy and A. rotundifolius Pers. were fou nd to contain germacrene-D (14.3% and 14.4-73.1%) hexadecanoic acid (14.0% and 17.5-30.2%). Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.