Chemical composition of the essential oil ofPerovskia abrotanoides Karel. growing wild in Iran

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile oil from aerial parts of Perovskia abrotanoides Karel. has been studied by GC and GC-MS. Twenty-nine components (98.9% of the total composition) were identified. 1,8-Cineole (32.4%), myrcene (13.0%), α α α α α-pinene (10.2%), camphor (9.1%), β β β β β-caryophyllene (7.9%), α α α α α-humulene (6.4%), camphene (5.0%) and α α α α α-bisabolol (2.6%) were found to be the major constituents of the oil. The oil of P. abrotanoides was characterized by a high content of monoterpenes (78.9%), whereas sesquiterpenes contained only 20.0% of the essential oil.

Ethnopharmacology, Ecological Requirements, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial activities of Perovskia abrotanoides Karel. Extract for Vaginal Infections From Semnan Province

“…Antihelmintic and anti-fungal properties of P. abrotanoides, J. sabina, F. gummosa, and T. carmanicus is due to the presence of many phenolic, flavonoid, and terpinene compounds such as thymol, menthol, sabinene, camphor, 1,8-cineole, verbenone, alpha terpineol, terpinolene, and gamma terpinene have been found in many essential oils of these plants as anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, anti-fungal, antioxidant, anti-tumor, antihelmintic, and anti-pathogenic to treat many infectious diseases such as dermal, vaginal, and urinary infections, arthritis muscle spasm and dysmenorrhea (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). Therefore, our results in this paper and other researches can confirm the traditional consumption of these medicinal plants in North provinces of Iran (Golestan and Semnan) as anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, antihelmintic, antifungal, and anti-infective to treat UTI, vaginal infection, depression, and stress of arthritis and muscle spasm in pregnant women.…”

“…extract and its constituents (terpinen-4-ol, γ-terpinene, carvacrol, verbenone, terpinolene, and sabinene) may be applied as antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant agents and moreover as an anticancer agent. Thus the literature has described that the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of P. abrotanoides can depend on its terpenoids and flavonoids (terpinen-4-ol, γ-terpinene, and carvacrol) in essential oil or extract (21,23,24,27).…”

Composition of the essential oil of Stachys acerosa growing in central Iran

“…which is named "sonbolei-kouhsary" or "sonboleikharalood", is one of them. The compositions of the oils of some Stachys species from Iran, such as S. setifera [1], S. ixodes [2], S. persica [3], S. byzanthin [4], S. lanata [5], S. schtscheglee [6], S. pilifera [7], S. lavandolifolia [8,9], and S. laxa [10], have been reported. Stachys species have also been studied in biosystematic and chemotaxonomic studies [11,12].…”

“…This difference between the oil compositions of one species of Stachys from two different areas can be related to climatological factors (from south to central Iran) and is discussed in phytological studies. S. glutinosa [14] S. balansae [15] S. oblique [16] S. lavandolifolia [17] S. acerosa** S. athorekalyx [18] S. recta [19] S. laxa [10] S. officinalis [9] 0.2 0.3 0. Previous studies on essential oils of members of Stachys genus showed various compositions.…”

“…Table 2 shows the diversity of major components among oils of some Stachys species which have been analyzed by some investigators [9,10,[14][15][16][17][18][19]. Monoterpenes were the predominat fraction in the oils of most Stachys species; however, S. officinalis [9] and S. laxa [10] oils are reported as sesquiterpene-rich essential oils (78.6% and 72.0% respectively). As shown in table 2, an alkaloid, N-methylisatin, is the major component of S. acerosa (which growes in central Iran).…”