Identification of essential oil components of Marrubium thessalum Boiss. & Heldr., growing wild in Greece

Nat Prod Res. 2012;26(7):593-9. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2010.535153. Epub 2011 Aug 10.

Abstract

The essential oil of the Greek endemic species Marrubium thessalum Boiss. & Heldr. (Lamiaceae) was obtained by the hydrodistillation of its aerial parts during the flowering stage. The composition of the oil was analysed by GC and GC-MS. Thirty compounds were identified. The oil was devoid of monoterpenes, while sesquiterpenes constituted the major fraction. The main components of the oil were caryophyllene oxide (21.7%), β-caryophyllene (17.6%), germacrene D (15.3%), β-bisabolene (12.6%) and trans-β-farnesene (8.1%).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Greece
  • Marrubium / chemistry*
  • Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis*
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / chemistry

Substances

  • Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane
  • caryophyllene
  • beta-bisabolene
  • germacrene D