Article · Volume 1, Issue 4 · pp. 172–174

Essential Oil Composition of the Dracocephalum moldavica L from Xinjiang in China

Tian Shuge¹, Zhou Xiaoying², Zhang Fan¹, An Dongqing¹, Yang Tao³

¹aCollege of TCM, XinJiang Medical University, Urumqi-830011, XinJiang, China
²bCollege of Pharmacy, XinJiang Medical University, Urumqi-830011, XinJiang, China
³cInstitute of Quality Testing of Xinjiang; Urumqi-830002, XinJiang, China

Abstract

The essential oil of Dracocephalum moldavica L from Xinjiang in China was isolated by hydrodistillation in yield of 0.15 %(w/w). The chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed by GC and GCMS. Fifty-one compounds accounting for 99.45% of the total oil were identified. The major components wereα-Citral (32.55%),β-Citral (23.53%), Acetic acid, geranial ester(21.32%), Trans-Geraniol(3.38%), Nerolacetate(3.38%), Octane(2.14%), and 2,4,6-Trimethyl -3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (1.3%). Monotenepers were the main group of compounds.

Keywords: Dracocephalum moldavica L; essential oil composition; GC-MS

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