Essential oil composition of Mentha longifolia from wild populations growing in Tajikistan

Authors

Farukh S. Sharopov, Tajik Academy of SciencesFollow
Vasila A. Sulaimonova, Tajik Academy of Sciences
William N. Setzer, University of Alabama - HuntsvilleFollow

Abstract

Mentha longifolia selections, collected from three different sites in south-central Tajikistan, were analyzed to determine essential oil constituency. Essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation of the plants and subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. A total of 82 compounds were identified, representing 84.5-99.0% of total oil composition. Although qualitatively similar, the Tajikistan M. longifolia samples did show quantitative differences. The major components and their percentage of the oil were cis-piperitone epoxide (7.8-77.6%), piperitenone oxide (1.5-49.1%), carvone (0.0-21.5%), pulegone (0.3-5.4%), menthone (0.0-16.6%), thymol (1.5-4.2%), β-thujone (0.2-3.2%), carvacrol (0.0-2.7%), and (E)-caryophyllene (0.9- 2.5%).

Recommended Citation

Sharopov, Farukh S.; Vasila A. Sulaimonova; and William N. Setzer. 2012. "Essential oil composition of Mentha longifolia from wild populations growing in Tajikistan." Journal of Medicinally Active Plants 1, (2):76-84.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/R5736NTN
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/jmap/vol1/iss2/6