Abstract

Shahram Amiri, Shahram Sharafzadeh*

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/300151

Plant essential oils have medicinal properties. Flowers of German chamomile cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran were subjected to hydrodistillation. Isolated essential oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Main oil constituents were α-Bisabolol oxide A, Chamazulene, En-in-dicycloether, α-Bisabolone oxide A, n-Octanal, α-Bisabolol oxide B, 1,8-Cineole, α-Terpineol and Germacrene D.

Key words: chamazulene; volatile oil; bisabolol oxide; medicinal plants; GC-MS.

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