Abstract

The volatile constituents of the oil of Pseudohandelia umbellifera (Bois.) Tzvel. flowering herb obtained by hydrodistillation, which growing in Iran were investigated by means of GC and GC-MS. Forty-eight compounds were characterized, comprising about 95.6 % of the total oil. Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (38.7 %) and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (13.9 %)were found to be the maj or fraction of the oil, with small amount of monoterpene hydrocarbons (0.7 %). The most abundant compounds were 7-hydroxy coumarin (15.7 %), (E,E)-farnesol (9.5 %), (Z)-nuciferol acetate (7.7 %), cis-lanceol acetate (5.9 %), phytol (5.1 %) and γ-terpinene-7-al (4.3 %).

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