Chemical composition of essential oil of Ferulago angulata Boiss. inflorescence From west of Iran.

Abstract

The genus Ferulago comprises of some thirty- five species of which seven are found in Iran. In this research essential oil of inflorescence of Ferulago angulata (Schlecht.) Boiss. was extracted by hydro distillation and analyzed with GC/MS. Thirty three components comprising 89.7% of total oil were identified which 77.1% of them were monoterpenes and 12.6% sesquiterpenes. The major components were α- pinene (17.3%), Bornyl acetate (14.45%) and cis- ocimene (14.41) respectively.

Keywords

• ferulago angulata
• essential oil