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New menthone type of Mentha pulegium L. volatile oil from northwest Iran

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  • Mohammad Bagher HASSANPOURAGHDAM

    (Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran)

  • Amir Behzad AKHGARI

    (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo, Finland)

  • Mohammad Ali AAZAMI

    (Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran)

  • Javid EMARAT-PARDAZ

    (Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)

Abstract

The constituents of the volatile oil of air-dried aerial parts of Mentha pulegium L. (Lamiaceae) plants wildly growing in Northwest Iran were analysed by GC/MS. 46 components were identified, comprising 96.6% of the essential oil. Monoterpenes (78.9%) were the main class of the identified components followed by a minor proportion of sesqui-terpenes (11%). Oxygenated monoterpenes (75.3%) were the major subclass of volatile oil components with menthone (38.7%), menthol (11.3%), neomenthol (10.5%), and pulegone (6.8%) as major compounds. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (10.6%) were the highlighted subclass of 15 carbons sesquiterpenoidal compounds with (E)-caryophyllene (4.9%) and β-cubebene (2.5%) as their principle representatives. Furthermore, menthyl acetate (C12 acetylated monoterpene derived compound) was contained considerable amounts (5.2%) in the essential oil. In total, volatile oil composition of M. pulegium L. plants studied in the present experiment was characterised as a new menthone type with appreciable amounts of menthol and neomenthol, and it could be used as a potential source of these high value monoterpenes in pharmaceutical and food industries.

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  • Mohammad Bagher HASSANPOURAGHDAM & Amir Behzad AKHGARI & Mohammad Ali AAZAMI & Javid EMARAT-PARDAZ, 2011. "New menthone type of Mentha pulegium L. volatile oil from northwest Iran," Czech Journal of Food Sciences, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 29(3), pages 285-290.
  • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlcjf:v:29:y:2011:i:3:id:165-2009-cjfs
    DOI: 10.17221/165/2009-CJFS
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