Composition of the Essential Oils of Mentha aquatica L. and Nepeta meyeri Benth. from Iran (original) (raw)

Abstract

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the stem and leaf of Mentha aquatica L. and the aerial parts of Nepeta meyeri Benth., two Labiatae species of Iran, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty compounds, representing 88.1% of the stem oil of M. aquatica, were identified; among them β-caryophyllene (22.4%), viridiflorol (11.3%) and 1,8-cineole (10.9%) were the major ones.

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