Planta Med 2008; 74 - PI11
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1084919

Chemical Constituents of the Headspace and Essential oil of Thymus balcanus Borbàs

D Vidic 1, S Ćavar 1, 2, M Maksimović 1
  • 1University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Zmaja od Bosne 33–35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Aškerčeva 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

The composition of the essential oil as well as the corresponding headspace volatiles of Bosnian wild growing Thymus balcanus Borbàs, were analysed by GC/MS for the first time. The oil components were identified by comparison of their retention indices and mass spectra with those find in literature [1]. According to the literature survey only few reports have been published concerning the chemical composition of T. balcanus essential oil [2, 3].

Headspace was rich in linalyl acetate (36.36%) and linalool (22.36%). Thirty-three components were identified representing 97.63% of total headspace sample.

The major constituents of essential oil were linalool (13.87%), borneol (11.47%) and nerolidol (10.39%). Seventy-five volatiles representing 95.12% of total oil composition were identified.

References: 1. Adams R.P., (2001) Identification of Essential oil of Components by Gas Chromatography/Quadrupole Mass Spectroscopy, Allured Publishing Corporation, Illinois.

2. Bischof-Deichnik, C., Holtuijzen, J. (2000) Flavour Fragr. J 15:1–6.

3. Valentini, G., Hruška, K. (1987) Informatore botanico Italiano 19: 270–279.