Fiziol. rast. genet. 2016, vol. 48, no. 1, 20-25, doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/frg2016.01.020

Biological active substances of Origanum vulgare L.

Kotyuk L.A.1, Rakhmetov D.B.2

  1. Zhitomir National Agroecological University Stary Boulevard 7, Zhytomyr, 10008, Ukraine
  2. M.M. Gryshko National Botanic Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 1 Tymiryazevska St., Kiyv, 01014, Ukraine

The quantitative and qualitative composition of the major components of plant material and essential oil of Origanum vulgare L., grown in Woodlands of Ukraine were studied. It has been revealed that oregano containe 29,6 % dry matter, 37,24 % fiber, 16,65 % protein, 3,23 % total sugars, 38,11 mg% ascorbic acid, 0,23 % phosphorus and 1125,3 mg% potassium. In the essential oil 24 components were identified: a-cadinol (14,24 %), germacrene D (13,76 %), b-caryophyllene (12,23 %), 1,6-germacradien-D-5-ol (11,12 %), epi-a-cadinol (8,56 %), a-farnesen (5,75 %), terpinen-4-ol (3,25 %), thymol (2,67 %), cis-sabinene hydrat (1,98 %), linalool (1,35 %), g-terpinene trans-otsimene (1,21 %), geraniol (1,07 %), neral (1,02 %0.

Keywords: Origanum vulgare L., essential oil, biological active substances, Woodlands of Ukraine

Fiziol. rast. genet.
2016, vol. 48, no. 1, 20-25

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