Identification and Introduction of Chemical Compounds in Essential Oil of Cionura Erecta Shrub Species )Case Study: Chahartagh Forest Reserve - Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province)

Herbal Medicines are valuable natural resources that nowadays absorbed the attention of developed countries. Also this plants are using as raw materials to produce Low-risk and potent drugs for humans. One of these valuable species is the Cionura erecta shrub, distributed in a limited area of our country. The aim of this study is investigating the chemical composition of the essential oil of this species. For this purpose, samples from leaf, stem and fruit were collected from Chahar-tagh region of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province and essence were extracted by Clevenger machine. In order to identify the essential oil composition, the gas chromatograph (GC) and gas chromatograph attached to mass spectrometer (GC-MS) were used to compare the inhibitory and mass spectrometry indices. The results showed that the essential oil of this species has valuable compounds such as Eugenol, Caryophyllene oxide, Cedron-9-one and Alpha cadinol, which are widely used in industry and pharmacy and pest control. In this study, 23 main chemical compounds were identified totally, that Cedron-9-one and Eugenol Had the highest percentage among identified compounds. Also, the results of this study showed that the essential oil of this species is a rich from the mineral elements including: phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, sodium and zinc.