Chemical Composition of the Leaf Oil of Satureja odora and Satureja parvifolia

ABSTRACT The leaf oils of Satureja odora (Gris.) Epl. And S. parvifolia (Phil.) Epl. (Lamiaceae), two endemic species of Argentina, were investigated by GC and GC/MS. Both species showed great difference in their composition, the main compounds being pulegone (61.5%) in S. odora and carvacrol (34.0%), carvacryl acetate (14.7%), p-cymene (14.0%) and γ-terpinene (11.3%) in S. parvifolia.