Sea. The aerial parts of this species were collected from Sari (Mazandaran, Iran) in July
2012. The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial
parts of C. persicus was investigated by GC and GC-MS. Twenty components, representing
89.0% of the total oil, were characterized with β-caryophyllene (47.0%), dodecanal (8.8%),
caryophyllene oxide (5.7%), tetradecanal (4.4%) and dihydroedulan I (4.4%) as the major …