Journal of Chemical Health Risks (): -, ISSN: - Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from the Aerial Parts of Satureja hortensis As a Potent Medical Plant Using Traditional Hydrodistillation

ABSTRACT: The water-distilled essential oils, which were obtained from the fresh aerial parts of Satureja hortensis were analyzed by means of GC and CC/MS instruments. The plant was collected during the flowering stage from Foroomad Mountains, Semnan Province, and heart of Iran. Twenty compounds were identified in the different samples analyzed, representing of the total oil contents. In terms of general categories, monoterpene hydrocarbons dominated the chemical profile of the oils with γ-terpinene ( ), carvacrol ( ), p-cymene ( ), α-terpinene ( ), α-pinene ( ) and myrcene ( ) as the main constituent components. The other constituents were found to be α-thujene ( ), β-pinene ( ), sylvestrene ( ), α-phellandrene (. ) and (-)-terpinen--ol ( )