Volatile Constituents of Aerial Parts of Euphorbia aellenii Rech.f. and E. microsciadea Boiss. from Iran

Abstract

The volatile constituents of aerial parts of <em>Euphorbia aellenii</em> Rech.f. and <em>E.</em> <em>microsciadea </em>Boiss. were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass<em> </em>spectrometry (MS) methods. The main volatile constituents of <em>E. aellenii</em> were phytol isomer (47.3%), camphene (31.9%) and caryophyllene oxide (20.6%), while the major volatile components of <em>E. microsciadea</em> were <em>trans</em>-anethole (74.5%), limonene (7.7%), hexadecanoic acid (6.8%), fenchone (6.0%) and phytol isomer (4.9%).