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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THE SEEDS OF THE MEDICINAL PLANT MENTHA LONGIFOLIA (L.) HUDS.

MINA BAKHSHESHI 1,3, JINOUS ASGARPANAH 2,3*

1.Department of Phytochemistry and Essential Oil Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran
2 .Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran
3 .Herbal Medicines Research Center (HMRC), Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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The essential oil from the seeds of Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. growing wild in Iran was isolated by hydrodistillation and analysed by gas-chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main components in seeds were piperitenone (40.9%) and piperitone (29.4%).