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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Teucrium flavum ssp. flavum from Zakynthos, Greece

C. FormisanoD. RiganoF. SenatoreM. BrunoAntonella MaggioF. Piozzi

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lcsh:Chemistrylcsh:QD241-441caryophyllenelcsh:QD1-999lcsh:Organic chemistrylcsh:Botanycaryophyllene oxideTeucrium flavumGC-MSessential oilα-humulene4-vinyl guaiacollcsh:QK1-989

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Essential oil extracted from dried aerial parts of Teucrium flavum ssp. flavum harvested in Zakynthos, Greece, was analysed by gas phase chomatography (GC) and gas chomatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main constituents were caryophyllene (13.5%), caryophyllene oxide (8.5%), 4-vinyl guaiacol (6.0%) and α- humulene (5.0%).