Yasser Shahbazi
1*1 Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract
Background:
Knowledge of
diversity and variability of different plants is a main prerequisite and the
first step in extraction of main compounds of them. The objective of the
current research was to investigate main chemical composition of the essential
oils of Ferulago angulata (Schlecht.) Boiss aerial parts collected from
western parts of Iran (Kurdestan, Kermanshah and Lorestan provinces).
Methods: Identification of the essential oils was performed by
analytical gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometer detector (GC/MS).
Results: The major compounds of essential oils of the aerial parts of plants were α-pinene
(25.82%), Z-β-ocimene (23.48%), bornyl acetate (9.94%), germacrene D
(4.01%), myrcene (3.06%), ɣ-terpinene (3%), limonene (2.27%) and p-cymene
(1.99%).
Conclusions: Our findings indicate that the main components of the
essential oils belong to monoterpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated monoterpenes and
sesquiterpene hydrocarbons.