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Planta Med 1984; 50(2): 157-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969659
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Das ätherische Öl aus Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus isländischer Herkunft

The essential oil from Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus growing in IcelandElisabeth Stahl
  • Lehrstuhl für Pharmakognosie der Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 43, D-2000 Hamburg 13
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26 February 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The essential oil from Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. arcticus (E. Durand), Jalas, a widely distributed plant in Iceland, was proved to contain linalyl acetate as main component (70%). Within the sesquiterpene fraction, β-caryophyllene (4%), germacrene D (3%), β-bisabolene (2%), β-sesquiphellandrene (1%), γ-cadinene (0.5%), and a couple of oxygenated sesquiterpenes (13%) were found by means of GLC-MS. Additionally four such compounds were isolated and identified by means of IR and NMR spectroscopy as nerolidol (3%), T-cadinol (1%), hedycaryol (7%), and 7-hydroxygermacrene (about 2%).