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*
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
3Herbal Medicines Research Center (HMRC), Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
*corresponding author: taxolfa@yahoo.com
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Abstract:
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%).






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