Essential oil of achillea corabensis (heimerl) micevski

Abstract

The essential oil of Achillea corabensis (Heimerl) Micevski collected from a natural location as well as from plants cultivated in the Sirinic valley of Sara mountain was analyzed. In the oil of collected plants 41 compounds were identified, while in the oil from the cultivated plants 36 compounds were identified. In the oil obtained from plants harvested in the wild the monoterpene fraction represented 88.0% of the whole oil, whereas the sesquiterpene fraction represented 5.9% and other compounds 3.1% of the total oil composition. In the oil of cultivated plants, the monoterpene fraction represented 74.6%, the sesquiterpene fraction 10.2% and other compounds 3.5% of the oil composition. In both cases the most abundant compounds were sabinene (33% and 25%) and p-cymene (29–4% and 17%). © 1997, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.