The Essential Oils of Origanum majorana L. and Origanum floribundum Munby in Algeria

[en] The constituents of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation of the overground parts of Origanum majorana and Origanum floribundum from Algeria were examined by GC and GC-MS. A total of thirty eight and thirty seven components were identified accounting for 93.3 % and 88.9 %, respectively, of the oils of O. majorana and O. floribundum. The oil of O. majorana (yield: 1.2 %) contained, as main components, β-caryophyllene (26.0 %), α-terpinolene (14.7 %), γ-terpinene (10.9 %) and sabinene (9.5 %). Major compounds in the volatile oil of O. floribundum (yield: 1.6 %) were γ-terpinene (34.1 %), p-cymene(27.6 %) and carvacrol (9.6 %).

Disciplines :

Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)

Author, co-author :

Brada, Moussa

Saadi, Abdelkader

Wathelet, Jean-Paul ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Chimie générale et organique

Lognay, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Analyse, qual. et risques - Labo. de Chimie analytique

Language :

English

Title :

The Essential Oils of Origanum majorana L. and Origanum floribundum Munby in Algeria

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

ISSN :

0972-060X

eISSN :

0976-5026

Publisher :

H.K.L. Bhalla, Dehra Dun, India

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Issue :

Pages :

497-502

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