Chemical composition of the essential oil from nine medicinal plants of the Wakhan corridor, Afghanistan

TY - JOUR

T1 - Chemical composition of the essential oil from nine medicinal plants of the Wakhan corridor, Afghanistan

AU - Jeppesen, Anne S

AU - Soelberg, Jens

AU - Jäger, Anna

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The essential oils of aromatic plants used by the Wakhi and Kyrgyz peoples in the remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan were analysed by GC-MS. The species (with major components in brackets) were Artemisia dracunculus (1,3-pentadiyne (26.5 %), D-sylvestrene (11.7 %) and α-acetylnaphthalene (9.1 %)); Artemisia persica (artemisia ketone (38.4 %), (1ST-camphor (32.8 %) and 1,8-cineole (13.6 %)); Artemisia sieversiana (cis-verbenol (24.9 %), 1,8-cineole (20.3 %), β-pinene (15.7 %) and L-borneol (13.7 %); Dracocephalum paulsenii ((R)-(+)-α-pinene (24.5 %), S-(-)-cis-verbenol (14.5 %), germacron (14.1 %), Rcaryophyllene oxide (13.6 %) and (+)-γ-elemene (9.8 %)); Elsholtzia densa (piperitone (56.5 %) and piperitenone oxide (36.2 %)); Lagochilus cabulicus (β-springene (19.4 %), geranyllinalool (16.4 %) and (R)-(+)-α-pinene (14.2 %)); Mentha longifolia (piperitenone oxide (84.8 %)); Nepeta pamiriensis (1,8-cineol (97.7 %)) and Zizophera clinopodiodes (pulegone (58.6 %) and p-menthone (24.8 %)).

AB - The essential oils of aromatic plants used by the Wakhi and Kyrgyz peoples in the remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan were analysed by GC-MS. The species (with major components in brackets) were Artemisia dracunculus (1,3-pentadiyne (26.5 %), D-sylvestrene (11.7 %) and α-acetylnaphthalene (9.1 %)); Artemisia persica (artemisia ketone (38.4 %), (1ST-camphor (32.8 %) and 1,8-cineole (13.6 %)); Artemisia sieversiana (cis-verbenol (24.9 %), 1,8-cineole (20.3 %), β-pinene (15.7 %) and L-borneol (13.7 %); Dracocephalum paulsenii ((R)-(+)-α-pinene (24.5 %), S-(-)-cis-verbenol (14.5 %), germacron (14.1 %), Rcaryophyllene oxide (13.6 %) and (+)-γ-elemene (9.8 %)); Elsholtzia densa (piperitone (56.5 %) and piperitenone oxide (36.2 %)); Lagochilus cabulicus (β-springene (19.4 %), geranyllinalool (16.4 %) and (R)-(+)-α-pinene (14.2 %)); Mentha longifolia (piperitenone oxide (84.8 %)); Nepeta pamiriensis (1,8-cineol (97.7 %)) and Zizophera clinopodiodes (pulegone (58.6 %) and p-menthone (24.8 %)).

U2 - 10.1080/0972060x.2012.10644037

DO - 10.1080/0972060x.2012.10644037

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0972-060X

VL - 15

SP - 204

EP - 212

JO - Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants (JEOBP)

JF - Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants (JEOBP)

IS - 2

ER -