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Variation of Pulegone Content in Pennyroyal ( Mentha pulegium L.) Plants Growing Wild in Greece

2002; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 14; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10412905.2002.9699830

2163-8152

Stella Kokkini, Effie Hanlidou, Regina Karousou, T. Lanaras,

Natural product bioactivities and synthesis

Abstract The study of the essential oils obtained from 10 wild Mentha pulegium L. populations scattered all over Greece has shown that the content of pulegone varies greatly, ranging from <0.1–90.7% of tin total oil. Only two populations have oils rich in pulegone (42.9% and 90.7%), whereas the rest have a low pulegone content (up to 35.6%). The latter are rich either in menthone/isomenthone or in piperitone/piperitenone or in piperitone (up to 97.2% of the total oil).