Composition of the Essential Oils of Calamintha tauricola PH Davis

Abstract

Water distilled essential oils of Calamintha tauricola P.H. Davis, endemic in Turkey, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Sixty-one and 83 compounds comprising 98% and 96% of the oils were characterized. Manool (33.4% and 75.4%) was found as main component of the oils from samples collected in two different sites in Turkey.