THE COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIAL OIL FROM
THREE ECOTYPES OF ORIGANUM VULGARE L.
SSP. VULGARE CULTIVATED IN POLAND
RENATA NURZYŃSKA-WIERDAK1*, ANNA BOGUCKA-KOCKA 2,
IRENEUSZ SOWA3, GRAŻYNA SZYMCZAK4
1University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Horticulture and
landscape Architecture, Department of Vegetable Crops and Medicinal
Plants, Leszczyńskiego 58, 20-068 Lublin, Poland
2Medicinal University of Lublin, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of
Pharmaceutical Botany, Chodźki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
3Medicinal University of Lublin, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of
Analytical Chemistry, Chodźki 4A, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
4Botanical Garden of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin,
Sławinkowska 3, 20-810 Lublin, Poland
*corresponding author: renata.nurzynska@up.lublin.pl
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Abstract:

The chemical composition of oregano essential oil of different origin extracted from oregano plants grown in south-eastern Poland was analysed using the gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography - flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The dominant compound was sabinene; its percentage proportion ranged from 10.85% to 25.46%, depending on the ecotype studied. Moreover, the oregano
volatile oil was characterized by a significant percentage of the following compounds: germacrene D (9.36-15.34%), Z-(β)-ocimene (9.10-16.33%), and E-caryophyllene (9.38-12.87%). The investigated oil did not contain phenolic compounds.

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