Chemical Constituents of the Essential Oil of Otostegia michauxii Briq. From Iran

The essential oil of Otostegia michauxii Briq. growing wild in the Fars province of Iran was obtained by hydrodistallation and analyzed by GC and GC/MS techniques. Forty-five components representing 97.9% of the total oil were identified. The main components of the oil were dillapiole (23.9%), 2-methylbenzofuran (12.9%) and α-pinene (8.1%).