Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) essential oil qualitative analysis

Abstract

Chemical composition of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) herb consists from essential oil (pinocamphone, isopinocamphone, α-pinene, β-pinene, camphene, cineole, terpinol and other compounds), leaven (ca. 8%), flavonoids (diosmine, hesperidine and isopine), bitter compounds and wax. As a medicinal plant hyssop has been used as a carminative, diaphoretic, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic, and tonic. While harvesting the moisture mass of the medical plants reaches 80-90 %. Therefore medicinal plants are recommended to dry up for 3-4 days to 14 % of the moisture [1]. In the drying process it is very important to choose the optimum method of active ventilation and conditions. The main focus of this work was to check chemical composition of Hyssopus officinalis L. and to optimize the medicinal plant raw material drying conditions. Qualitative analysis was performed for Hyssopus officinalis L. essential oil. [...]