Productos Naturales Química e Investigación

GC/MS Analysis of the Essential Oils from Aerial parts of Prangos Latiloba Korov. Collected in Northeast Iran

Hashem Akhlaghi

Hydrodistilled volatile oils from crushed dry aerial parts of Prangos latiloba Korov. (Umbelliferae) growing wild in Sabzevar (Iran), were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty one compounds constituting 84.9% of the oil from the aerial parts have been identified. The main components of aerial parts oil were geranial (26.8%), methyl chavicol (22.8%) and neral (22.6%).