Title: The Main Citral−Geraniol and Carvacrol Chemotypes of the Essential Oil of <i>Thymus pulegioides</i> L. Growing Wild in Vilnius District (Lithuania)
Abstract: Thymus pulegioides L. with lemon and carvacrol odor form the major part of plants growing wild in all 10 investigated localities during 1995−1997. The main components of the citral-geraniol chemotype of lemon-scented essential oil are the following (%): geraniol (14.9−30.8), geranial (trans-citral, 9.7−19.7), β-caryophylene (6.0−11.4), nerol (4.1−11.8), and neral (cis-citral, 0.1−9.5). The essential oil of carvacrol chemotypes contain more compounds that are characteristic of the thyme genus (%): carvacrol (16.0−22.2), β-bisabolene (11.1−20.2), β-caryophyllene (11.1−19.1), γ-terpinene (5.8−16.2), p-cimene (5.5−10.4), thymol (3.3−9.8), and carvacrol methyl ether (5.6−8.6). The correlation between the odor and composition of the essential oil will help the users of wild thyme to choose the necessary chemotype for their purposes. Keywords: Thymus pulegioides L.; chemotypes of essential oil; citral−geraniol chemotype; carvacrol chemotype
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-08-24
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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