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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1264353
Chemical composition of essential oils from leaves and twigs with leaves of two new varieties of common sage (Salvia officinalis L.)
Common sage (Salvia officinalis L.), member of the Lamiaceae family, is one of the oldest and the most important medicinal plant species [1]. Essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from leaves and twigs with leaves of two new varieties named Miracol and Nikita BG (Botanical Garden) of Salvia officinalis were investigated to evaluate their chemical composition. The constituents of the essential oils have been characterized using gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy analyses (GC-MS) [2]. In all volatile oils, monoterpen-ketones (mainly, α-thujone and camphor) were most abundant compounds: 49.49% –53.73% for Miracol variety and 50.73% –53.03% for BG Nikita variety. Therefore, the essential oils contained significant amounts of monoterpen-hydrocarbons (Miracol variety: 17.32% –20.34%; 13.96% -14.02% for BG Nikita variety) and monoterpenoxides (1,8-cineol): 12.85% -13.92% in Miracol variety; 13.94% –15.18% in BG Nikita variety. β-thujone and manool diterpene were present only in the BG Nikita sage variety.
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2. Bernotiene G, et al. (2007) Chemija. 18 (4): 38–43.