Chemical composition of the essential oil of Heracleum persicum seeds of Iran

Volatile chemical constituents of the essential oil of Heracleum persicum seeds, which is growing wild in Ardebile, Iran were investigated by GC and GC/MS technique. 29 Compounds, representing 75 % of the total oil were identified and 12 unknown compounds detected. The main components are hexylbutyrate (37.7 %), hexylbutanoate (36.7 %), octylacetate (16.3 %) hexyl-2-methylbutanoate (5.7 %), hexylisobutyrate (4.7 %), hexylhexanoate (4.3 %), heptyl-2-methylbutyrate (2.3 %), n-butylbutanoate (2.25 %), hexylvalerate (1.9 %), octylbutanoate (1.7 %) and linalole (1.5 %).