CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE VOLATILE OILS FROM THE
FRUITS AND SEEDS OF THE MEDICINAL PLANT PYCNOCYCLA
AUCHERANA DECNE. EX BOISS. FROM IRAN
FARZANEH ALIMIRZALOO1, JINOUS ASGARPANAH2*
1Department of Phytochemistry and Essential Oil Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS), Tehran, Iran
2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAUPS),
Tehran, Iran
*corresponding author: asgarpanah@iaups.ac.ir, taxolfa@yahoo.com
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Abstract:
The essential oil from the fruits and seeds of Pycnocycla aucherana Decne. ex Boiss. growing wild in Iran was isolated by
hydrodistillation and analysed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main components in
fruits were ρ-cymene (21.7%), α-phellandrene (9.0%), spathulenol (6.3%) and β-eudesmol (6.0%). The main components in
seeds were trans-isomyristicin (29.9%), isoelemicin (16.1%), β-pinene (13.5%) and linalyl acetate (9.8%).






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