Chemical composition of Scaligeria meifolia Boiss. essential oil from Iran
Abstract
Scaligeria meifolia Boiss., belonging to the Apiaceae family, grows wild in Iran. The essential
oil from aerial parts of S. meifolia were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed
by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-one constituents representing 99.98% of total oil components
were identified. The main constituents of the essential oil were germacrene–D, (24.2%),
germacrene-B (14.8%), limonene (14.2%), γ-elemene (11.6 %) and β-elemene (5.2%).