THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE
ESSENTIAL OIL OF MARRUBIUM VULGARE L.
FROM POLAND
GRAŻYNA ZAWIŚLAK*
University of Life Science in Lublin, Department of Vegetable and
Medicinal Plants, 58 Leszczyński Street, 20-068 Lublin, Poland
*corresponding author: grazyna.zawislak@up.lublin.pl
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Abstract:

Marrubium vulgare L. is a plant cultivated in Poland for medicinal purposes.
The study presents the qualitative and quantitative composition of the essential oil of Marrubium vulgare L. The main components of the oil were as follows: E-caryophyllene, germacrene D, bicyclogermacrene, and α-humulene. The oil from the flowering plants was shown to have the highest contents of germacrene D (43.36%). Other constituents (Ecaryophyllene
– 44.54%, bicyclogermacrene -20.6%, and α-humulene – 5.79%) were found in higher amounts in the oil from vegetative stage plants.




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