GC–MS AND NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL TEUCRIUM L. SPECIES

GC–MS **AND NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL TEUCRIUM L. SPECIES**

Nina Ciocarlan¹, Alexandru Ciocarlan^2,*, Ion Dragalin², Aculina Aricu², Inga Zinicovscaia^2,3,4, Svetlana Gundorina³

¹National Botanical Garden (Institute) “Alexandru Ciubotaru”, Padurii str. 18, Chisinau MD-2002, Republic of Moldova;
²Institute of Chemistry, 3, Academiei str., Chisinau MD 2028, Republic of Moldova;
³Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joliot-Curie str. 6, 141980, Dubna, Russia;
⁴Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30 Reactorului Str. MG-6, Bucharest - Magurele, Romania

ABSTRACT

The chemical composition of essential oils and elemental content of plants of T. scordium, T. hircanicum, T. chamaedrys, T. botrys and T. polium species performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and neutron activation analyses are reported. The GC-MS analysis allowed the identification of 13 to 32 components of the analyzed essential oil samples. A total of 25 chemical elements were determined in plant species by means of NAA method.

Keywords: Teucrium, GC-MS analysis, neutron activation analysis, elemental content.

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