title: Essential oil of the Persian sage, Salvia rhytidea Benth.
abstract: Chemical composition of volatile compounds from Salvia rhytidea Benth. was analyzed, for the first time, by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The volatiles were isolated from dried aerial parts of the plant by hydrodistillation. A total yield of 2.0 mg of essential oil per g of plant dry mass was obtained and sixty compounds were identified, representing 98.2% of total volatiles. The essential oil was characterized by a high content of hydrocarbon and oxygenated monoterpenes. The main constituents were p-cymene-8-ol (11.9%), spathulenol (7.3%), pulegone (6.4%), sabinene (5.8%), terpinen-4-ol (5.5%) and alpha-copaene (5.3%).
authors.affiliation: Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed-Ebrahim
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Sajjadi
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghannadi
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils