Study on chemical constituents of Valeriana sisymbriifolia Vahl of essential oils from three different locallities

The volatile constituents from roots rhizoms of valeriana sisymbriifolia Vahl were collected from three different localities in Iran and the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation method, the three samples yielded were Hamedan sample (0.08%), Este Azarbaijan sample (0.31%) and Esfehan sample (0.26%) (V/W) essential oil on a dry weight basis, and analyzed  by GC and GC/MS. The main components on Hamedan sample were a-pinene (14%), borneol (11.5%) and bornyl acetate (6.4%), Azarbaijan sample were a-pinene (16.6%), borneol (9.7%), b - himachalene(7.3%) and spathulenol (5%) and Esfehan sample were bornyl (13.53%), g - murrolene (5.2%) and humulene epoxide II (3.5%).