Composition of the Essential Oil of the Root of Heracleum persicum from Iran

Abstract

The essential oil of the root of Heracleum persicum (Apiaceae) was analyzed by capillary GC and GC /MS. The major constituents were identified as viridiflorol (23.05 %), elemol (3.63 %), β-maliene (3.07 %), spathulenol (3.34 %) and 2-tetradecanol (3.38 %).