Differential essential oil composition and morphology between perennial satureja species growing in Spain

Chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of thirty six samples of perennial Spanish savouries (Satureja montana L., Satureja innota (Pau) G. López, Satureja cuneifolia Ten. and Satureja intricata Lange), was investigated by GC and GC-MS. A total of 72 compounds accounting between 98.25-99.55% of the total oil were identified. High content of carvacrol (59.72±1.50%) followed by g -terpinene (17.40±1.11%) were found in S.montana essential oils. S. cuneifolia yielded an oil rich in camphor (45.04±1.67%) and camphene (12.42±1.71%) whereas S. innota produces an essential oil with linalool (23.94±7.58%) or geraniol (8.62±3.45%) according to th…