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Composition of Essential Oil as a Taxonomic Marker for Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi ssp. nepeta

1998; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 10; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10412905.1998.9700973

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Daniele Fraternale, Laura Giamperi, Donata Ricci, Antonio Manunta,

Plant and animal studies

Abstract The essential oils of the two subspecies glandulosa and nepeta of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi are known to contain a p-menthane skeleton oxygenated in the C-3 position. The particular richness in piperitone oxide of the essential oil obtained from a sample of the ssp. nepeta collected in Urbino (Italy) allowed a chemotaxonomic distinction to be made between these subspecies. Key Word Index: Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta Lamiaceaeessential oil compositionpiperitone oxide