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Characterization of Essential Oil of Agastache Species
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Denys J. Charles, Purdue University
  • James E. Simon, Purdue University
  • Mark P. Widrlechner, United States Department of Agriculture
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-1991
DOI
10.1021/jf00011a011
Abstract
A collection of 19 accessions of Agastache foeniculum (anise hyssop), A . rugosa (catnip giant hyssop), A. nepetoides (Korean mint), and putative hybrids were analyzed for essential oil content and composition by gas chromatography (GC) and GC/mass spectroscopy. There was significant variation in oil content of the different lines of Agastache spp., ranging from 0.07 to 2.73 (percent volume/dry weight) for leaves and from 0.10 to 3.00 (percent volume/dry weight) for flowers. Variation in the essential oil composition was high among lines of A. foeniculum but low among lines of A. rugosa. Twenty-six compounds were identified in the essential oils, with methylchavicol being the major constituent (46.7-94.6% ) in 14 lines of A. foeniculum, A . rugosa, and putative hybrids. In contrast, 8-cadinol was the major oil constituent (39.6 % ) in A . nepetoides. Additional oil constituents found in these species in concentrations above 1% include P-bourbonene, bornyl acetate, y-cadinene, a-cadinol, 6-cadinene, a-camphene, P-caryo- phyllene, damascenone, P-ionone, isomenthone, a-limonene, linalool, methyleugenol, 0-myrcene, cis- ocimene, 7-octen-4-01, pulegone, and spathulenol.
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This article is from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 39 (1991): 1946–1949, doi:10.1021/jf00011a011.

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Citation Information
Denys J. Charles, James E. Simon and Mark P. Widrlechner. "Characterization of Essential Oil of Agastache Species" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Vol. 39 Iss. 11 (1991) p. 1946 - 1949
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