Chemical constituents of the essential oil of Sanguisorba minor Scop. leaves, from Iran

The family Rosaceae, include some large genus, eg; the genus Rose includes 200 species and 18000 cultivars. 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. The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Sanguisorba minor was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major constituents appeared to be [E, E] farnesyl acetate [13.4%], nonadecane [11.2%] and docosane [11.0%]. 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%]