Essential Oil Composition of Thymus eriocalyx (Ronniger) Jalas from Turkey

KÜÇÜKBAY F., KUYUMCU E.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol.22, no.5, pp.3615-3621, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.3615-3621
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Hydrodistilled volatile oil from the aerial parts of Thymus eriocalyx (Ronniger) Jalas was analyzed by a combination of GC and GC-MS Seventy compounds were identified, representing 98.54 % of the oil The major components were found to be thymol (47 79 %). beta-caryophyllene (11.98 %), 1,8-cineole (9 88 %), borneol (3 88 %), p-cymene (3 02 %), carvacrol methyl ether (2 99 %), gamma-terpinene (2 97 %) and germacrene D (2 83 %)