Essential oil composition of leaves and flowers of two endemic Phlomis L. species (Phlomis cypria post and Phlomis brevibracteata Turrill) from Northern Cyprus

ABSTRACTEssential oils of the leaves and flowers of Phlomis cypria and P. brevibracteata were isolated by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and Gas chromatography - mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), simultaneously. Essential oil yields of the four samples ranged between 0.07% and 0.09% (v/w). The essential oils of leaves (L) and flowers (F) of P. brevibracteata were found to be rich in β-caryophyllene (L: 21.9%, F: 24.2%) and caryophyllene oxide (L: 26.0%, F: 7.2%). Main constituents of the essential oils of P. cypria leaves (L) and flowers (F) were determined as β-caryophyllene (L: 37.4%, F: 20.8%) and germacrene D (L: 47.7%, F: 17.2%).