chemical composition of volatile oils from the endocarp and hulls of persian bay laurel fruit: a fragrant herb used in traditional iranian medicine

the hydro-distilled volatile oils, obtained from dried e ndocarp and hulls of persian bay laurel ( laurus nobilis var. angustifolia ) from laueaceae family were analyzed by gc/ms. thirteen and twelve compounds consisting 81.6% and 89.1% of the total components were identified of the oils obtained with a yield of 3% and 1.2% (w/w) respectively. differences of some compounds between endocarp and hulls oils were evinced. while the oil of endocarp contained 1,8-cineole (46.7%), α -terpinyl acetate (7.4%), β -pinene (7.3%) and α-phellandrene (4.7%), the oil of hulls contained 1,8-cineole (40.5%), trans -β-ocimene (22.1%), caryophyllene oxide (6.9%) and α -terpinyl acetate (5.0%).