<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study was aimed to determine the chemical composition of essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Thymus algeriensis Boiss. &amp; Reut. and Marrubium vulgare L. collected in the Aures region of Algeria. Essential oils were extracted by steam distillation method and analyzed using GC-MS and GC-FID techniques. Thirty-five (35) and twenty-nine (29) components were identified respectively in T. algeriensis and M. vulgare essential oils to represent respectively 94.8% and 75.7% of the total oil composition. The main compounds of T. algeriensis oil were germacrene D (29.6%), β-caryophyllene (11.0%), E-β-farnesene (7.8%), bicyclogermacrene (4.4%) and δ-cadinene (4.0%), while, β-bisaboene (36.3%), β-caryophyllene (7.8%), phytol (6.2%), nonacosane (4.0%) and heptacosane (3.3%) were the main components of M. vulgare oil. The richness of these two oils in germacrene D and β-bisaboene respectively could suggest a new bioactivity.</p></abstract>

This study was aimed to determine the chemical composition of essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Marrubium vulgare L. collected in the Aures region of Algeria. Essential oils were extracted by steam distillation method and analyzed using GC-MS and GC-FID techniques. Thirty-five (35) and twenty-nine (29) components were identified respectively in T. algeriensis and M. vulgare essential oils to represent respectively 94.8% and 75.7% of the total oil composition. The main compounds of T. algeriensis oil were germacrene D (29.6%), β-caryophyllene (11.0%), E-β-farnesene (7.8%), bicyclogermacrene (4.4%) and δ-cadinene (4.0%), while, β-bisaboene (36.3%), β-caryophyllene (7.8%), phytol (6.2%), nonacosane (4.0%) and heptacosane (3.3%) were the main components of M. vulgare oil. The richness of these two oils in germacrene D and β-bisaboene respectively could suggest a new bioactivity.

Chemical Composition of Algerian <italic>Thymus algeriensis</italic> Boiss. &amp; Reut. and <italic>Marrubium vulgare</italic> L. (Lamiaceae) Essential Oils from the Aures Region

Laboratoire d’Analyses des Extraits Végétaux et des Arômes (LEXVA Analytique)

Acta Scientifica Naturalis

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Chemical Composition of Algerian  Boiss. & Reut. and  L. (Lamiaceae) Essential Oils from the Aures Region

This study was aimed to determine the chemical composition of essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Marrubium...

Chemical Composition of Algerian Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Marrubium vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) Essential Oils from the Aures Region

Publié en ligne: 10 août 2020

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2020-0016

Mots clés
Essential oil, germacrene D and β-bisaboene

© 2020 Sara Kebbi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Chemical Composition of Algerian Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Marrubium vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) Essential Oils from the Aures Region

Publié en ligne: 10 août 2020

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2020-0016

Mots clésEssential oil, germacrene D and β-bisaboene

© 2020 Sara Kebbi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Essential oil, germacrene D and β-bisaboene