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Chemical Constituents of the Essential Oil of Nepeta oxyodonta

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Water-distilled essential oil from the aerial parts of Nepeta oxyodonta Boiss. was analyzed by GC/MS for the first time. Fifty-eight components were identified. The major components were (E)-caryophyllene (12.6%), spathulenol (8.5%), β-bourbonene (8.1%), germacrene-D (7.4%), α-cadinol (7.3%), germacrene-D-4-ol (6.8%), T-cadinol (5.6%), and caryophyllene oxide (5.3%).

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  1. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran

    S. Ebrahim Sajjadi & B. Eskandari

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 141–142, March–April, 2005.

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Ebrahim Sajjadi, S., Eskandari, B. Chemical Constituents of the Essential Oil of Nepeta oxyodonta . Chem Nat Compd 41, 175–177 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-005-0106-y

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