Journal of New Technology and Materials
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 38-40
2012-06-25

Drimenin-rich Essential Oils From Hertia Cherifolia Growing In Algeria

Authors : Zellagui A. . Gherraf N. . Lahouel M. .

Abstract

The hydrodistilled oil from crushed dry leaves of Hertia cherifolia which is endemic to Algeria and Tunisia collected from Ain Fekroun (Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria) were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to afford 36 components accounting for 99.3% of the total oil. the major components were found to be: Drimenin (67.5%), 1,2-Di(2-pyridinyl)-1,2-ethanediol (11.2 %), globulol(1.7 %), Cycloheptane, 4-methylene-1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-1-propen-1-yl)-1-vinyl- (1.5 %).

Keywords

Hertia cherifolia, Essential oil, GC-MS, Drimenin

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