Chemical composition of the essential oil of Pelargonium quercetorum Agnew. of Iran

Abstract

The volatile constituents in the essential oil of Pelargonium quercetorum Agnew., growing wild in Kurdistan, Iran were investigated through GC and GC/MS technique. Twenty-six compounds, representing 21 (80.77%) of the total oil were identified. The main components were: α-pinene (25.28%), α-fenchyl acetate (20.63%), limonene (9.94%), β-caryophyllene (8.20%), camphene (4.31%), δ-cadinene (3.32%), β-pinene (3.21%), α-amorphene (2.80%), valencene (2.73%), ledene (2.25%) and p-cymene (1.63%).

Keywords:

• Pelargonium quercetorum Agnew.
• Essential oil compounds
• Hydrodistillation
• α-Pinene
• α-Fenchyl acetate
• Gas chromatography
• Mass spectroscopy

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the colleagues of the GC/MS laboratory and Chemistry Department of The University of Queensland, Australia for their guidance, advises and useful suggestions. We are also thankful to the Research Council of Science and Research Campus of Islamic Azad University and Arak branch of I.A. University.

Notes

§Corresponding author now attends in: Unusual Molecules & Reactive Intermediates Group, School of Molecular and Microbiol Science, Chemistry Building, The University of Queensland, Brisbane-Qld 4072 – Australia.

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Avat (Arman) Taherpour§

§Corresponding author now attends in: Unusual Molecules & Reactive Intermediates Group, School of Molecular and Microbiol Science, Chemistry Building, The University of Queensland, Brisbane-Qld 4072 – Australia.