Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Tanacetum uniflorum (Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. from (Salmas) North-West of Iran

Abstract

The genus<em> Tanacetum </em>L. belongs to the <em>Asteraceae </em>family and <em>Anthemideae </em>tribe is one of the most important medicinal plants that contains 26 species in Iran, 12 of them are endemic. This paper reports the essential oil composition of <em>Tanacetum uniflorum</em> (Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. growing spontaneously in Salmas (North-West of Iran). Essentail oil extracted by water distillation and steam distillation from Plant on flowers and leaves were collected on July - 2016. The yields of water distillation from leaf were 0.12% and flower were 1.16% (V/W), and by steam distillation from leaf were 0.33% and flower were 0.76% (V/W), respectively, then samples were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Main components obtained from water distillation from leaf were manoyl oxide 28.87% , α-cadinol 9.7% and γ-eudesmol acetate 4.77% and in flower were methyl pentanoate 88.28%, butyl acetate 5.13% and iso-dihydro carveol acetate 1.19% (V/W), and by steam distillation from leaf were γ- terpinene 17.99%, endo-fenchyl acetate 9.63% and butyl acetate 8.12% and in flower were methyl pentanoate 79.9%, bulnesol 2.70% and (E )-nerolidolol acetate 2.69% obtained, respectively.