ISSN: 2008-496x
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012)
Volatile compounds of essential oil Centaurea behen L. grown in Iran
Archives of Advances in Biosciences,
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012),
17 June 2012
https://doi.org/10.22037/jps.v3i2.3272
Abstract
The essential oils from Compositae specie of Iran:Centaurea behen L. obtained by hydrodistillation was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. β-Caryooyllane (24.5%), β-selinene (13.9%) and valencene (11.7%) were the main components among the sixteen constituents characterized in the oil of Centaurea behen representing 93.7% of the total components detected.
Keywords:
- Centaurea behen
- compositae
- essential oil
- composition
- β-caryooyllane
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