AU - Esmaeili, A AU - Masoudi, Sh AU - Masnabadi, N AU - Rustaiyan, AH TI - Chemical Constituents of the Essential oil of Sanguisorba minor Scop. Leaves, from Iran PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - jmpir JN - jmpir VO - 9 VI - 35 IP - 35 4099 - http://jmp.ir/article-1-267-fa.html 4100 - http://jmp.ir/article-1-267-fa.pdf SO - jmpir 35 ABĀ  - Background: The family Rosaceae, include some large genus, eg the genus Rose includes 200 species and 18000 cultivars. Objective: Aim of this study is to determine the chemical composition of the hydrodistilled oil of the leaves of Sanguisorba minor scop, of Iranian origin for the first time. Methods: The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Sanguisorba minor was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Results: The major constituents appeared to be (E, E) farnesyl acetate (13.4%), nonadecane (11.2%) and docosane (11.0%). Conclusion: In Sanguisorba minor we identified 17 components representing 93.2%. It’s rich in regard to aliphatic hydrocarbons (40.6%), five sesquiterpenes (36.8%), one oxygenated monoterpene (7.3%) and one aliphatic aldehyde (8.3%). CP - IRAN IN - Department of Chemistry, Science & Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, P.O.Box: 14515-775, Tehran, Iran Tel: +98-21- 22436370, Fax: +98-21- 22436370 LG - eng PB - jmpir PG - 67 PT - Research YR - 2010