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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys inflata Benth. from Iran

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The chemical composition of a hydrodistilled oil of Stachys inflata Benth. growing wild in Iran was examined by GC/MS. Thirty-nine constituents were identified. The major components of the oil were germacrene-D (16.9%), bicyclogermacrene (16.6%), α-pinene (11.3%), β-phellandrene (9.8%), bicycloelemene (6.6%), β-pinene (5.6%), and spathulenol (3.2%).

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    S. Ebrahim Sajjadi & M. Somae

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Ebrahim Sajjadi, S., Somae, M. Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys inflata Benth. from Iran. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 40, 378–380 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CONC.0000048252.46501.0d

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