title: Chemical composition of the essential oil of Valeriana alliariifolia Adams of Iran.
abstract: The volatile constituents of the essential oil of Valeriana alliariifolia Adams growing wild in Kurdistan, Iran were investigated by the GC and GC/MS techniques. Among the 26 compounds represented, 20 (96.3%) of them were identified as oil. The main components were: trans-caryophyllene (38.96%), beta-pinene (12.06%), alpha-pinene (9.94%), alpha-terpinene (9.49%), isoterpinolene (7.15%), 1,8-cineole (6.76%), 1-borneol (3.27%) and calarene (2.26%). Some of the physicochemical properties, such as the logarithm of calculated octanol-water partitioning coefficients (log K(ow)), total biodegradation (TB(d) in mol h(-1) and g h(-1)), water solubility (S(w), mg L(-1) per 25 degrees C) and median lethal concentration 50 (LC(50)) were calculated for the components 1-20 of V. alliariifolia Adams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. avat_1@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Avat Arman
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Taherpour
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maroofi
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bajelani
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larijani
mesh_terms: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D014632:Valerian / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; C010789:beta-pinene