Studies on the Constitutents of Korean Valerians(I) -Screening Tests on the Volatile Oils from Korean Valeriana fauriei Species-

국산 쥐오줌풀속 식물의 성분 연구(I) -Valeriana fauriei $B_{RIQUET}$ 변품종의 정유 성분 검색-

To investigate the constituents of following plants, Valeriana fauriei species, which are V. fauriei var. fauriei $H_{ARA}$, V. fauriei form. coreana $H_{ARA}$ and V. fauriei var. dasycarpa $H_{ARA}$, we carried out gas-liquid chromatographical analysis of the volatile oils of these plants and found that camphene, l-bornylacetate, ${\alpha}-pinene,\;{\beta}-pinene$, d,l-limonene, l-borneol and ${\alpha}-kessylacetate$ were common components in their volatile oils. However, their terpenoidal composition was considerably different from ${\alpha}-kessylacetate$ in V. faurie var. fauriei, from kessanol, ledol, kessoglycol and nardol in V. fauriei var. dasycarpa, and from kessoglycoldiacetate, ${\alpha}-kessylalcohol$, faurinone and terpineol in V. faurie form. coreana. It was found by gas-liquid chromatography that the terpenoidal patterns of these Korean valerians were similar to those of Japanish valerians.