| Title: | "Chemical composition analysis of the essential oil of Melissa officinalis L. from Kurdistan, Iran by HS/SPME method and calculation of the biophysicochemical coefficients of the components" |
| Author(s): | Taherpour AA; Maroofi H; Rafie Z; Larijani K; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Graduate School, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, P.O. Box 38135-567, Arak, Iran. avatarman.taherpour@gmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14786419.2010.534733 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1478-6427 (Electronic) 1478-6419 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The volatile constituents of the essential oil of wild Melissa officinalis L. obtained from the Kurdistan province of Iran were extracted by headspace/solid-phase micro-extraction and were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Of a total of 14 compounds in the oil, 12 (85.7%) were identified. The main components were as follows: (E)-citral (37.2%), neral (23.9%) and citronellal (20.3%). Some physicochemical properties, such as the logarithm of calculated octanol-water partitioning coefficients (log K (ow))(,) total biodegradation (TB (d) in mol h(-1) and g h(-1)), water solubility (S (w), mg L(-1) at 25 degrees C) and median lethal concentration 50 (LC(50)), were calculated for compounds 1-14 from M. officinalis L" |
| Keywords: | "Acyclic Monoterpenes Aldehydes/analysis Chemical Phenomena Chromatography, Gas Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Iran Lethal Dose 50 Melissa/*chemistry Monoterpenes/analysis Oils, Volatile/*chemistry Solubility Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineTaherpour, Avat Arman Maroofi, Hossein Rafie, Zeinab Larijani, Kambiz eng England 2011/08/04 Nat Prod Res. 2012; 26(2):152-60. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2010.534733. Epub 2011 Aug 2" |
