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- Title
Variability of the Essential Oil Composition in Origanum vulgare subs. vulgare Collected in Albania.
- Authors
KADIASI, NAJADA; HAJDARI, AVNI; CHRISTIAN, INGRID; TAKO, REA; IBRALIU, ALBAN
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyse the chemical composition and the variability of essential oils obtained from seven native accessions of Origanum vulgare L. subs.vulgare taken from the Albanian Gene Bank and cultivated in the experimental field of the Agricultural University of Tirana. Essential oils were obtained by steam distillation and analysed using gas chromatography equipped with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and examined for their volatile constituents by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). The results showed that the yield of essential oils (v/w dry weight) varied depending on accessions and ranged from 0.08 to 0.33%. Forty-nine volatile constituents were identified in total. The main constituents were: Germacrene D (18.05-37.23%), ECaryophyllene (12.80-21.50%), α-Cadinol (2.39-5.62%), Carvacrol (1.81-5.24%), Elemol (1.63-4.88%), BornylAcetate (0.82-6.09%), Thymol (0.41-8.06%), α-Humulene (2.20-3.35%), Sabinene (0.7-7.41%), E, E-α- Farnesene(1.31-4.54%), Caryophyllene Oxide (1.67-3.04%) and Z-β-Ocimene (0.13-6.89%).
- Publication
Albanian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
2218-2020
- Publication type
Academic Journal