title: Analysis of Origanum vulgare volatiles by direct thermal desorption coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: Volatile components of samples of a population of Spanish Origanum vulgare have been analyzed by direct thermal desorption coupled to GC-MS. The method is fast and reliable and requires a low amount of sample, allowing analysis of leaves and flowers from a single individual plant. Volatile yield is highly variable among individual plants and concentration also presents a high variation for most Origanum volatile compounds, linalool being the main component in most samples. Statistical analyses are applied in order to find patterns in composition data.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts