In graduation thesis, we evaluated four populations of Origanum vulgare (9/1, 9/8, M3 and M4). They were planted in the Laboratory Field of the Biotechnical Faculty of University of Ljubljana. At the full flowering stage, randomly selected plants from each population were harvested and dried in a dryer. With the help of Clevenger apparatus, we determined the content of essential oil (EO) by water distillation and analyzed the chemical compounds by gas chromatography (GC-MS). Ointments were made from previously prepared macerates and kept at different temperature regimes (at room temperature 25 °C, at elevated temperature - drying oven 40 °C, at reduced temperature – refrigerator 4 °C) for a period of two months and evaluated sensory (color, smell, consistency, spreadability). Three evaluations were carried out in a period of two months. The highest EO content was determined in population 9/1 (36.53 ml/kg or 3.65 %), the other populations had an average of 3.14 to 5.15 ml/kg (or 0.31 to 0.52 % of EO). Analysis GC-MS showed that oregano populations differed in EO content as well as in chemical composition of EO and aromatic water. The most common compounds in EO or aromatic waters of oregano were: carvacrol, thymol, meta-cymene, terpineol, alpha terpinene, beta myrcene, borneol, terpinene-4-ol, spirojatamol and viridiflorol. In EO, the highest percentage of carvacrol was detected in sample 9/1 (76.45 %) and that of thymol in sample 9/8 (14.36 %) on average. In the case of aromatic water, the results were similar, since sample 9/1 contained the highest average carvacrol content of 74.31 % and in sample 9/8 the thymol content was 12.37 %. Throughout the period of sensory evaluation, the samples differed in color and aroma. Sample 9/1 with a bright yellowgreen color and an intense smell had the best properties. The consistency of the ointments was semi-solid at room temperature, liquid at elevated temperature and solid at reduced temperature. Lubricity was good at room temperature, very good at elevated temperature and satisfactory at reduced temperature.
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