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Essential Oils of Two Hypericum Species from Uzbekistan

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The water-distilled essential oils from aerial parts of two Hypericum species (Hypericaceae) have been analyzed by GC/MS. The main components of the essential oils of Hypericum scabrum L. were α-pinene -11. 2%; spathulenol - 7.2%; p-cymene - 6.1%; acetophenone - 4.8%; carvacrol - 4.7%. The essential oil of Hypericum perforatum L. contains as the main components β-caryophyllene - 11.7%; caryophellene oxide -6.3%; spathulenol - 6.0%; α-pinene - 5.0%.

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  1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant and Drug Research Centre (TBAM), Anadolu University, 26470, Eskisehir, Turkey

    K. H. C. Baser, T. Ozek & A. B. Demirci

  2. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences, 700170, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

    H. R. Nuriddinov

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Baser, K.H.C., Ozek, T., Nuriddinov, H.R. et al. Essential Oils of Two Hypericum Species from Uzbekistan. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 38, 54–57 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015781715535

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