Composition of the essential oil of the Hyssopus officinalis L. subsp. angustifolius (Bieb.) Arcangeli

Abstract

Hyssopus officinalis subsp. angustifolius (Bieb) Arcangeli growing in North East and South Anatolia is the only member of this genus growing in Turkey. Aerial parts of the plant material were hydrodistilled and the resulting oil was analyzed by GC and GC/MS simultaneously. Main components were identified as pinocarvone (27.1%), β-pinene (19.0%), and isopinocamphone (13.6%), respectively.