Composition of the essential oil of fruits and roots of Ferulago isaurica Pesmen and F-syriaca Boiss. (Umbelliferae) from Turkey

Abstract

Oils from the roots of Ferulago isaurica Pesmen and F. syriaca Boiss. (Umbelliferae), obtained by hydrodistillation, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. The major constituents found were: in the fruit oil, a-pinene (31.5%), limonene (24.2%) and myrcene (17.0%) for F. isaurica; and myrcene (15.3%) and 4,6-guaiadiene (10.7%) for F. syriaca; in the root oil, terpinolene (42.1%) and myrcene (27%) for F. isaurica; and bornyl acetate (69.4%) and terpinolene (12.5%) for F. syriaca. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.