Essential oil composition and enantiomeric distribution of some monoterpenoid components of Coridothymus capitatus (L.) Reichb. Fil. grown in the island of Kos (Greece)

An oil produced from Coridothymus capitatud (L.) Rchb, grown in island of Kos (Greece) has been analyzed by GC/MS and by chiral GC. The principal component of this oil was carvacrol (66.7%). The enantiomeric distribution of alpha-pinene, camphene, beta-pinene, limonene, 1-octen-3-ol, linalool, terpinen-4-ol and alpha-terpineol in C. capitatus oil is presented for the first time.