Composition of the essential oil of Achillea phrygia Boiss. et Ball

Abstract

Water distilled essential oils from the herbal parts of Achillea phrygia, an endemic species in Turkey, was analyzed by GC/MS. Ninety-two and eighty-eight components were characterized representing 99.2% and 93.5% of the total components detected in two oil samples respectively. cis-Piperitol (11.2%, 31.2%), trans-p-menth-2-en-1-ol (11.0%, 14.7%), cis-p-menth-2-en-1-ol (7.2%, 9.9%) and 1,8-cineole (9.1%, 9.9%) were the major constituents of the oils obtained in 0.7% yield, respectively, from two plant samples. In addition, in one oil sample, camphor (14.5%) and linalool (9.9%) were also major constituents.