GC-MS analysis of the hydrodistilled essential oils from theaerial parts of (Cannabis sativa L.), a plant growing wild inBandar Torkaman, Golestan Province, Iran

The current report concerns with the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the hydrodistilledessential oils from the fresh aerial parts of Cannabis sativa L.using by gas chromatography combinedwith mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis. In this sense, a total of ۱۴ constituent components weredetected, among which only one component remained unidentified. The chromatographic screeningof the obtained chemical profile revealed the presence of high quantities of cannabidiol (۳۱.۳%),followed by (Z)-caryophyllene (۲۴.۷%), caryophylla-۴(۱۲),۸(۱۳)-dien-۵β-ol (۹.۳%), α-humulene(۹.۳%), ۱۴-hydroxy-(Z)-caryophyllene (۵.۹%) and caryophyllene oxide (۴.۱%). In terms of generalcategories of natural compounds constituting groups, oxygenated sesquiterpenes (OS) (۵۸.۸%) werefound to possess the highest frequencies followed by sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (SH) (۳۹.۷%).