Essential oil composition of two Salvia species from Iran, Salvia nemorosaL. and Salvia reuterana Boiss.

The chemical composition of the essential oils of Salvia nemorosa L. and Sa lvia reuterana Boiss. growing wild in Iran were examined by GC and GC-MS. T hirty-one components were characterized for S. nemorosa with beta-caryophyl lene (41.6%), germacrene-B (21.3%), caryophyllene oxide (6.8%), cis-beta-fa rnesene (6.0%) and germacrene-D (5.6%) as the major constituents. For S. re uterana 21 components were identified with (E)-beta-ocimene (32.3%), alpha- gurjunene (14.1%), germacrene-D (11.2%) and hexyl acetate (7.6%) as the maj or constituents. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.