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MAIN COMPONENTS OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM ESSENTIAL OIL FROM SOUTH-EAST ALBANIA

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Dorina Shengjergji Dervishi, Xhuljeta Hamiti, Emi Panariti, Aurel Nuro
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.056

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Albania as a Mediterranean country has suitable conditions for the growth of about 3500 different species of medicinal and aromatic plants. These plants have been used since ancient times in traditional medicine, culinary and cosmetics. Hypericum perforatum, (St John’s wort), also called in Albania as “lule basani”, is a flowering plant known for its traditional uses and well-established effects in mild form of depression due to its components. The data of the chemical composition of the essential oil of Hypericum perforatum plant from South-East Albania, in Kolonja area, were studied. The plants were sampled in June for a three-year period (2017 - 2019). The airdried plant samples were subjected to hydrodistillation on European Pharmacopoeia apparatus (Clevenger type) to obtain Hypericum perforatum essential oil. The chemical composition of the essential oils was analyzed using GC/FID technique. From the gas chromatographic analyzes of essential oil for Hypericum perforatum resulted 30-40 compounds. The interpretation considered 21 main compounds that constitute from 92.09 % (2017) to 95.41% (2018). The byciclic monoterpenes comprise the largest group of components, with 41.38% to 50.59% of the total amount. The main compounds identified in all samples were: alpha-Pinene, beta-Pinene, beta-cis- Ocimene and Caryophyllene.

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