Composition of the Essential Oil of Rosa damascenea Mill. from South of Iran

Abstract

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of <em>Rosa damascenea </em>Mill. was analyzed by GC/MS. The yield of the oil was 0.16% (V/W). Among twenty five components, eight components, representing 99.98% of the oil, were characterized. Nonadecane (39.73%), heneicosane (32.38%), docosane (7.34%), citronellol (6.14%) and 9-nonadecene (5.69%), were found to be major constituents.