Essential oil composition of the umbels and fruit of Prangos uloptera DC

Abstract

The composition of the essential oils of the umbels and fruit of Prangos uloptera, an indigenous Iranian medicinal plant, was determined by GC-MS analyses. A total of 10 and 18 compounds were identified, respectively, from the essential oils of the umbels and the fruit. The identified compounds represented, respectively, 93.2% and 83.0% of the total essential oils. While the main components of the umbels oil were a-pinene (31.78%), beta-bourbonene (15.9%), alpha-curcumene (10.65%), spathulenol (9%) and m-cymene (5.51%), those of the fruit oil were a-pinene (14.98%), P-bourbonene (7.81%), (x-humulene (7.74%), germacrene B (7.23%) and n-tetracosane (6.65%).