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Composition of the essential oil of leaves and roots of Allium schoenoprasum L. (Alliaceae)

Abstract:

Essential oil from leaves and roots of Allium schoenoprasum L. (Alliaceae) were analyzed by GC/MS. The oils extracted by hydrodistillation yielded 0.02% and 0.03% for leaves and roots, respectively. Five (99.12% leaves) and four (98.32% roots) components were identified being bis-(2-sulfhydryethyl)-disulfide (72.06% leaves, 56.47% roots) the major constituent on the two oil samples while 2,4,5-trithiahexane (5.45% leaves, 15.90% roots) and tris (methylthio)-methane (4.01% leaves, 12.81% roots) were detected in lower amounts. © 2011 Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas.