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Planta Med 1999; 65(2): 180-181
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960462
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The Essential Oil of Solvia cabulica

Viqar Uddin Ahmad1 , Amir Reza Jassbi1 , Farah Naz Zafar1 , Rasool Bakhsh Tareen2
  • 1H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • 2Botany Department, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The essential oils of Solvia cabulico Benth. (Labiatae) collected in July, 1996 (sample A), and June, 1997 (sample B), were isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed by means of GC and GC/MS. The oils were rich in monoterpenes. Two oxygenated monoterpenes, α-thujone (51.3% for sample A and 34.4% for sample B) and camphor (24.0% for sample A and 22.6% for sample B) constituted about 75% and 57% of these oils, respectively. The other constituents of the oils were: α-pinene, sabinene, camphene, β-pinene, myrcene, p-cymene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, γ-terpinene, β-thujone, borneol, 4-terpineol, α-terpineol, caryophyllene, bornyl acetate, 9-aristolen-1-α-ol, caryo-phyllene oxide and valaranone.