A comparative study of the essential oils of wild and cultivated Satureja hortensis L.

Baser K., Ozek T., Kirimer N., Tumen G.

JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, vol.16, no.5, pp.422-424, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10412905.2004.9698761
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.422-424
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The essential oils from 20 samples of wild and cultivated collections of Satureja hortensis L. were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The oils from cultivated forms contained carvacrol (42-63%) as the major constituent. Thymol (29-43%) was the main component in the wild forms of S. hortensis.