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Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica Bromf. and Calamintha vardarensis Šilic

2004; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10412905.2004.9698702

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Neda Mimica‐Dukić, Maria Couladis, Olga Tzakou, Radiaša Jančić, Violeta Slavkovska,

Phytochemistry and Biological Activities

Abstract The essential oil of three populations of Calamintha sylvatica Bromf. native to the mountain region of southwestern Serbia and one population of Calamintha vardarensis Šilic from southern former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were studied. The highest oil yields were found in C. vardarensis (1.54%), whereas in C. sylvatica oil yields varied from 0.11% up to 0.94%. In all samples, cis-piperitone oxide was a major compound. The highest percentage was found in the oil of C. vardarensis (65.6%). In C. sylvatica piperitone oxide varied from 48.9–59.2%. In the examined samples, oil composition appeared to vary more according to geographical rather than genetic factors.