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Research Journal of Soil Biology

Year: 2012 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 10-14
DOI: 10.3923/rjsb.2012.10.14
Effects of Glutamine and Malic Acid on Quality and Quantity of Essential Oil Components in Mentha spicata
M. Kazemi, S. Shafiei, M. Asadi and S. Aghdasi

Abstract: Aromatic and medicinal plants are widespread throughout world. The experiment was started in season 2009-2010. In the present work, effect of exogenous application of glutamine (2 and 4 mM) and malic acid (150 and 200 mg L-1) on components of essential oils of Mentha spicata was evaluated. All glutamine and malic acid treatments enhanced α-pinene, sabinene, β-pinene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, menthone, menthol and terpin-4-ol, while tricyclene, α-thujene, β-myrcene, p-cymene, cis-ocimene, γ-terpinene and α-terpinolene decreased. The study demonstrated that glutamine and malic acid can be change secondary metabolites in Mentha spicata.

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M. Kazemi, S. Shafiei, M. Asadi and S. Aghdasi, 2012. Effects of Glutamine and Malic Acid on Quality and Quantity of Essential Oil Components in Mentha spicata. Research Journal of Soil Biology, 4: 10-14.

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