Chemical Composition Of The Essential Oil Of Heracleum Persicum Seeds Of Iran

Avat(Arman)Taherpour, Ramin Ka

Abstract

The volatile chemical constituents of the essential oil of Heracleum Persicum seeds, that is growing wild in Ardebile-Iran were investigated by GC and GC/MS technique. Twenty-nine compounds, representing 75% of the total oil were identified and 12 unknown compounds detected. The main components were: hexylbutyrate(37.7%), hexylbutanoate(36.7%), octylacetate(16.3%), hexyl-2-methylbutanoate(5.7%), hexylisobutyrate (4.7%), hexylhexanoate(4.3%), heptyl-2-methyl-butyrate(2.3%), n-butylbutanoate( 2.25%), hexylvalerate(1.9), octyl-butanoate(1.7%) and linalole (1.5%).