Essential oil composition
The stem distillate has been reported to contain: carvacrol (44%), palmitic acid (23.5%), trans-anethole
(6.8%), carvone (5.5%), thymol (4.3%), menthol (3.5%), pentadecane acid (2.5%), linoleic acid (2.5%), pelargonic acid (1.8%), oleic
acid (1.6%), menthone (1.4%), myristic acid (1.3%). In addition to these, constituents and rostenone (37 to 42 ng/g) in dry leaf and stem
and progesterone (15 ng/g) in dry stem are detected (CoE, 2000).
