The essential oil of Satureja parnassica heldr. & sart. ex boiss subsp. Sipylea P. H. Davis

Abstract

The volatile constituents of Satureja parnassica Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss subsp. sipylea P. H. Davis (Lamiaceae) were studied for the first time. 47 Compounds, out of 67 detected, have been identified by means of capillary GC and GC-MS. The identified components represent about 95.5% of the oil. The major constituents found were carvacrol (49.9%) and p-cymene (20.1%). In addition 33.7% terpene hydrocarbons, 6.4% monoterpenic alcohols, and 1.6% sesquiterpene hydrocarbons were present. Copyright © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd