FIRST REPORT ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF HELIANTHEMUM RUFICOMUM (CISTACEAE)

Abstract

The essential oil of the aerial parts of Helianthemum ruficomum was obtained by steam distillation and analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. 59 components were identified corresponding to 98.3% of the total oil. Among the identified constituents, oxygenated compounds represented 56.3% and hydrocarbons (43%).The major components were palmitic acid (9.1%), heneicosane (8,0%), α-terpinolene (6.9%), 6,10,14-trimethylpentadeca-2-one (5.1%), tricosane (4.7%), dodecanoic acid (3.5%), eicosane (3.1%) and nonadecane (3.1%).This is the first report on the chemical composition of the essential oil of this species.