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Planta Med 1987; 53(1): 107-109
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962640
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Essential Oil from Origanum dictamnus

C. Harvala1 , P. Menounos1 , N. Argyriadou2
  • 1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • 2Research Laboratories of Vioryl S. A., Athens, Greece.
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1986

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24 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The essential oil of Origanum dictamnus L. was obtained by steam distillation with a yield of 0.8% of dry material. The oil was investigated after fractionation on a silica gel column and separation of phenols, by combination of GLC-mass spectrometry. In the analysis, 30 components were found accounting for 98.28% of the oil, the predominating compounds being carvacrol; γ-terpinene, p-cymene, caryophyllene, borneol, terpin-1-en-4-ol, and carvacrol methyl ether.