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Comparative Composition of Four Essential Oils of Oregano Used in Algerian and Jordanian Folk medicine

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The essential oils obtained from Origanum glandulosum Desf., collected from two different localities of north-eastern Algeria, Constantine and Jijel, and from O. syriacum var. syriacum grown at El-Aghwar (northern Jordan) and El-Shubak (southern Jordan), were analyzed by GC-MS. p-Cymene (6.6% and 7.5%) and gamma-terpinene (13.4% and 14.5%) were found in O. glandulosum grown at Constantine and Jijel, respectively, in addition to the major components thymol (34.2%, 51.1%) and carvacrol (30.5%, 6.8%). The oil of O. syriacum L. var syriacum (Boiss.) Ietswaart from El-Shubak was mainly represented by thymol (51.8%) and carvacrol (34.4%), while the oil from El-Aghwar was a thymol-chemotype (72.4%), along with gamma-terpinene (7.8%) and p-cymene (5.4%).

Source: Natural Product Communications

DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500631

Authors: Djemaa Berrehal, Tarek Boudiar, Lakhal Hichem, Assia Khalfallah, Ahmed Kabouche, Ahmad Al-Freihat, Alireza Ghannadi, Ebrahim Sajjadi, Mitra Mehrabani, Jawad Safaei-Ghomi, Zahia Kabouche

Institutions: University Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Al-Balqa Applied University, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, University of Kashan

Language: English

Topic: Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W71410437

FWCI: 2.45

Cites: 28

Cited by: 17

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