ESSENTIAL OIL OF PULICARIA UNDULATA L. GROWING IN EGYPT AND ITS EFFECT ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

By combination of GLC and GC/MS; it was possible to analysis the composition of the essential oil obtained by steam distillation from the total parts of Pulicaria undulata L. growing in Egypt. Vineteen components were identified, the main one being carvotanacetone, linalool, benzyl acetate and piperitone. The oil has a marked sedative action on animal behavior.