Essential oil of Dracocephalum multicarle Montbr. & Auch (Labiatae)

Abstract

The aerial parts of Dracocephalum multicaule Montbr. & Auch. (Fam. Labiatae) collected in August 1995 from Lasom Valley, Haraz Road, Province Tehran. The essential oil of the plant obtained by hydrodistillation (0.28%) by clevenger type apparatus and was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. 27 components were identified, constituing 90% of the oil, major component were limonene, -pinene and methyl geraniate.

Keywords

• dracocephalum
• multicaule
• labiatae
• gc/ms
• limonene
• -pinene
• methyl geraniate
• essential oil