title: Essential oil composition of the aerial parts of fresh and air-dried Salvia palaestina Benth. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Jordan.
abstract: The composition of the essential oil of fresh and air-dried Salvia palaestina Benth. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Jordan has been studied using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The essential oils of fresh and air-dried S. palaestina were mainly composed of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (52.66% and 65.98%, respectively). The major component detected in the oils of fresh and dry S. palaestina was germacrene D (21.18% and 26.02%, respectively). Air drying resulted in a general increase of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and a great decrease in the percentage of monoterpene hydrocarbons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Marka, Jordan. rhhjaber@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hala I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Al-Jaber
authors.forename: Mahmoud A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al-Qudah
authors.forename: Lina M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barhoumi
authors.forename: Ismail F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Abaza
authors.forename: Fatma U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Afifi
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007597:Jordan; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis*; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry*; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D045788:Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane; C027259:germacrene D