Resumen de Essential and fixed oil chemical compositions of the seeds from the endemic species salvia sharifii rech. F. & esfand

Samira Alipour-gougeh, Jinous Asgarpanah

• The essential oil content in the seeds of Salvia sharifii growing wild in south of Iran was found to be 0.2% (v/w). The essential oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Twenty eight constituents, representing 85.0 % of the seeds essential oil were identified. The major components of the S. sharifii seeds essential oil were identified as sclareol (21.9%) and n-decane (17.3%). The fixed oil content and fatty acid composition of the seeds were also analyzed in order to determine their potential for human or animal consumption. The oil content in these edible seeds was found to be 19.9 %. The oil was analyzed by GC and GC/MS and five fatty acids identified which constituted 88.0 % of the oil. The main fatty acids of the oil were characterized as linoleic acid (39.7%) and linolenic acid (36.7%).