荆芥为唇形科植物荆芥[schizonepetatenuifolia(Benth.)Briq.]的全草,含挥发油较丰富,约1.8%。报文献记载荆芥的挥发油中主要成分为右旋薄荷酮(d-mentho-ne)、消旋薄荷酮以及少量右旋柠檬烯(d-Iimonene)。我们将干荆芥全草用水蒸气蒸馏后提取得淡黄色挥发油,经气相层析证实荆芥油是一多组成的混合物,主要成分可能是蒿醇(Artemisia alcohol)。对于 Nepeta is the whole plant of the Labiatae genus schizonepetatenuifolia (Benth.) Briq. It contains about 1.8% of the volatile oil. The main ingredients of the volatile oil of Nepeta are reported as d-mentho-ne, menthyl ketone and a small amount of d-Ioneone. We will dry Nepeta whole grass steam distillation obtained after extraction of light yellow volatile oil, gas chromatography confirmed that catmint oil is a multi-component mixture, the main ingredient may be Artemisia alcohol (Artemisia alcohol). for