Essential Oils of<i>Ferula microcolea</i>(Boiss.) Boiss. and<i>Ferula hirtella</i>Boiss. from Iran

Abstract

Abstract The oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of F. microcolea (Boiss.) Boiss., which is endemic to Iran, and F. hirtella Boiss. were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty compounds representing 88.9% of the oil of F. mictocolea were identified, among them α-pinene (19.2%), nonane (13.2%) and β-pinene (13.0%) were the major ones. The oil of F. hirtella was also characterized by higher amounts of α-pinene (15.4%) and thymol (14.9%) among the 35 components comprising 84.8% of the total oil detected. Key Word Index: Ferula microcolea Ferula hirtella Umbelliferaeessential oil compositionα-pinenethymolnonaneβ-pinene