Two-year-old plants of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis L.) were studied.Leaves from autochthonouspopulation of rosemary were harvested in the Reggio Calabria Province in the Calabria Region.(Southern Italy). The essential oil extracted by water and steam distillationwas analyzed by GC/MS. Theessential oil content of leaves was determined to be 1.8 wt%. The major constituents obtained were:camphor 22.7%, 1,8-cineole 16.9%, a-pinene 12.0%.
Sono state studiate piante di rosmarino (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) di dueanni di età. Le foglie di piante autoctone di rosmarino sono state raccolte nella provincia di Reggio Calabria(Italia meridionale). L’olio essenziale,estratto in corrente di vapore è stato analizzato mediante GC/MS. Il contenutodi olio essenziale è statoquantificato nell’1,8% in peso. I costituenti maggiori sono stati: canfora 22,7%, 1,8-cineolo 16,9%,a-pinene 12,0%.
Essential oil composition of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) from Calabria (Southern Italy)
Giuffrè Angelo Maria
2006-01-01
Abstract
Two-year-old plants of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis L.) were studied.Leaves from autochthonouspopulation of rosemary were harvested in the Reggio Calabria Province in the Calabria Region.(Southern Italy). The essential oil extracted by water and steam distillationwas analyzed by GC/MS. Theessential oil content of leaves was determined to be 1.8 wt%. The major constituents obtained were:camphor 22.7%, 1,8-cineole 16.9%, a-pinene 12.0%.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
