Essential oil composition of the Balkan endemic Thymus longedentatus (Degen & Urum.) Ronniger

Authors

  • Ina Aneva
  • Antoaneta Trendafilova
  • Milena Nikolova
  • Milka Todorova
  • Kristina Georgieva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37360/blacpma.19.18.2.13

Keywords:

Thymus longedentatus, Essential oil, Medicinal plant, Aromatic plant

Abstract

The chemical composition of essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of the Balkan endemic species Thymus longedentatus was studied by GC-MS. Twenty eight compounds, consisting 98.2% of the total components were detected in amounts exceeding 0.1%. The oil was characterized by relatively high concencentration of oxygentated monoterpenes (78.7%), among which citral isomers neral (27.5%) and geranial (30.3%) were the principal ones. In addition, 1,8-cineole (7.8%), trans-β-ocimene (7.5%), and β-myrcene (3.7%) were detected in significant ammounts. Germacrene D (4.4%) was found to be the main sesquiterpene in the essential oil.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

Aneva, I., Trendafilova, A., Nikolova, M., Todorova, M., & Georgieva, K. (2019). Essential oil composition of the Balkan endemic Thymus longedentatus (Degen & Urum.) Ronniger. Boletín Latinoamericano Y Del Caribe De Plantas Medicinales Y Aromáticas, 18(2), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.37360/blacpma.19.18.2.13

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2: March 2019

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.