title: Composition of essential oils from the leaves of &lt;i&gt;Myrtus communis&lt;/i&gt; L. in the east of Azerbaijan
abstract: Common myrtle (<em>Myrtus communis</em> L.) is widely distributed and contains an essential oil. The component composition of the essential oil was studied by gas-liquid chromatography from the leaves of <em>M. communis</em> grown in Apsheron, in the collections of the Institute of Dendrology. The essential oil is a light yellow liquid. The content of essential oil in the leaves was 0.3-0.4 %. 26 components were identified, the main ones are &alpha;-pinenes (27,2 %), 1,8-cineol (26,4 %) and myrt
journal: HORTUS BOTANICUS