Chemical Investigation of the Essential Oil of Origanum compactum

C. O. Van Den Broucke; J. A. Lemli

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1074872

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Planta Med 1980; 38(3): 264-266
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074872

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Chemical Investigation of the Essential Oil of Origanum compactum

C. O. Van Den Broucke, J. A. Lemli

Laboratorium voor Farmacognosie, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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29 April 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Thymol, carvacrol, and p-cymene are the main components of the essential oil of Origanum compactum. Individual plants show wide variation in their phenol content. A method for the determination of thymol and carvacrol by HPLC is described.

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Origanum compactum - Labiatae - Thymol - Carvacrol - p-Cymene - Essential Oil - Zâhtar.