Planta Med 1984; 50(1): 56-60
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969621
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Composition of Essential Oil of Heracleum persicum Fruits

J. J. C. Scheffer3 , R. Hiltunen1 , Y. Aynehchi2 , M. von Schantz1 , A. Baerheim Svendsen3
  • 1Division of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 3Department of Pharmacognosy, State University of Leiden, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Publication Date:
26 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

The essential oil from fruits of Heracleum persicum Desf., growing wild in Iran, was investigated by means of LSC, GLC and GC-MS. Co-chromatography of synthesized compounds was also applied for identification of components. The oil contained about 95% of aliphatic esters, 4% of aliphatic alcohols and 1% of monoterpenes; 37 esters and 17 monoterpenes were identified.

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