Volatile compounds of essential oil Centaurea behen L. grown in Iran

نویسندگان

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University

2 Faculty of Paramedical Sciences,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

doi
10.22037/jps.v3i2.3272
چکیده

The essential oils from Compositae specie of Iran:Centaurea behen L. obtained by hydrodistillation was analyzed by GC and GC/MS.  β-Caryooyllane (24.5%), β-selinene (13.9%) and valencene (11.7%) were the main components among the sixteen constituents characterized in the oil of Centaurea behen representing  93.7% of the total components detected.