Chemichal Caracterisation of Essential Oil for Saturea Montana Population from Burreli Area, Albania

Abstract

This study presents data on the chemical analysis of essential oil for the Saturea Montana plant population from the Burreli area (Central Albania). Saturea Montana is the native variety in the Mediterranean region, though it is adapted and spread in many countries around the world. It has a long history of medical and culinary use, as well as a decorative garden plant. It has a long history of medical and culinary use, as well as a decorative garden plant. During herbs collection, two factors were identified which describe the natural conditions of their growth; lands with differences in their composition (red soil and black soils) and in the height of 600 to 1000 m, with the aim of influencing these factors in the composition of their essential oil. The dried plants in the air were cut into small pieces (1-2 cm) and then subjected to a European Pharmacopoeia (Clevenger type) for a period of 4 hours to extract essential oil from Saturea Montana. The chemical composition of essential oils is analyzed using the GC / FID technique. Each Saturea Montana sample extract was injected into a Varian 450 GC. For the separation of compounds, capillary columns VF-1ms (30m x 0.33mm x 0.25μm) were used. p-Cymene, Linalool, Thymol and Carvacrol were identified as the main constituents in all the analyzed essential oils of Saturea Montana samples obtained from the Burrel area. Their concentrations are in the range of 25 to 50%, and this fact is mainly related to the geographic position of the samples and the time of sampling.