International Journal of Agroforestry and Silviculture ISSN: 2375-1096 Vol. 9 (2), pp. 001-003, February, 2021. © International Scholars Journals

Short Communication

Chemical composition of the essential oil from Ziziphora clinopodioids Lam. from Iran by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

A. R. Sardashti¹*, J. Valizadeh² and Y. Adhami¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98167 Zahedan, Iran.

²Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98167, Zahedan, Iran.

Accepted 17 October, 2020

Abstract

The essential oil from aerial parts of Ziziphora clinopodioids plant was extracted by hydro distillation with efficiency of 1.86% (w/w). The components were characterized by means of gas chromatography– mass spectrometry (GC/MS) using kovat's retention indices. Thirty-two components of the essential oil which composed 98.18% of the total oil were characterized. The major components were pulegone (61.67%), cis-caran-trans-2-ol (12.66%), 1, 8-cineole (10.23%) and 2-β-pinene (2.16%).

Key words: Ziziphora clinopodioides, essential oil, pulegone, (-) cis-caran-trans 2-ol, 1, 8-cineole, 2-β-pinene