Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3832

Full Length Research Paper

Essential oil content and composition of Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson grown wild in Iran

Zarir Saeidi1, Hadi babaahmadi2*, Keramat Allah Saeidi3, Amin Salehi4, Ramin Saleh Jouneghani3, Hosain Amirshekari5 and Abdallah Taghipour2
1Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari, Iran. 2Jahad Daneshgahi Center, Charmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. 3Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 4Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasuj Universiy, Iran. 5Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahed Universiy, Iran.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 29 August 2011
  •  Published: 31 August 2012

Abstract

Essential oil content and composition of Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. collected from five regions in south-west of Iran were determined. The essential oil isolated by hydro-distillation for 3 h using a Clevenjer-type apparatus and the oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Essential oil content was varying from 1.39 to 4.05%. From 23 identified compounds, the major compounds were; Piperitenone oxide (7.41 to 59.67%), Pulegone (3.61 to 49.43%), 1,8–Cineole (7.25 to 24.66%), α-Terpineol (2 to 6%) and β-pinene (1.32 to 4.19%).

 

Key words: Mentha longifolia, essential oil, Pulegone, Piperitenone oxide, Iran.

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