Volume 38, Number 6, 561-564, DOI: 10.1023/A:1022634704232

Free and Glycosidically Bound Volatiles of Mentha longifolia Growing in Croatia

J. Mastelic and I. Jerkovic

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Abstract

The glycosides of volatile compounds and the essential oil were isolated from wild Mentha longifolia. After the enzymatic hydrolysis of glycosides, fourteen volatile aglycones were identified by GC/MS. The main aglycones were eugenol, 2-phenylethanol, benzyl alcohol, lavandulol, trans- and cis-carveol, 3-octanol, and 3-hexen-1-ol. The content of aglycones was 40.85 mg kg-1 of dried plant material. The main components of the essential oil (yield 0.93 w/w) were carvone, piperitenone oxide, limonene, and beta-caryophyllene. Eugenol, carveol, 3-octanol, and agr-terpineol were identified in the aglycones and in the essential oil.

Mentha longifolia L. Hudson - essential oil - glycosidically bound volatiles - GC/MS analysis

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