scholarly journals Volatile Components from Aerial parts of Centaurea gracilenta and C. ovina ssp. besserana Growing Wild in Bulgaria

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1100600
Author(s):  
Carmen Formisano ◽  
Daniela Rigano ◽  
Felice Senatore ◽  
Svetlana Bancheva ◽  
Maurizio Bruno ◽  
...  

The essential oils of Centaurea gracilenta Velen. (CG) and C. ovina Pall. ex Willd. ssp. besserana (DC.) Dostál (COB) growing wild in Bulgaria, were studied by GC and GC-MS. Forty-five compounds for CG, representing the 90.1% of the oil, and 68 compounds for COB, representing the 91.9% of the oil, were identified. The oils were rich in sesquiterpenoids (33.4% for CG and 27.3% for COB), hydrocarbons (28.3% for CG and 10.7% for COB) and carbonylic compounds (12.7% for CG and 13.1% for COB). Fatty acids were abundant only for COB (31.3%). β-Eudesmol (12.8%), nonacosane (11.8%) and p-vinyl guiacol (7.5%) were recognized as the main constituents for CG, while hexadecanoic acid (21.4%), spathulenol (7.9%), β-eudesmol (5.8%) and caryophyllene oxide (5.7%) were the main compounds for COB.

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1000501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Formisano ◽  
Felice Senatore ◽  
Svetlana Bancheva ◽  
Maurizio Bruno ◽  
Antonella Maggio ◽  
...  

This paper reports on the volatile components of oils from the aerial parts (CBA) and roots (CBR) of Centaurea bracteata Scop. and aerial parts of C. pannonica (Heuffel) Simonkai subsp. pannonica (CPA), two Asteraceae growing wild in Croatia. The volatile components, obtained by hydrodistillation, were determined by GC-MS analysis. The yields (w/w) of the dried oils were 0.10% (CBA), 0.22% (CBR) and 0.09% (CPA), respectively. A total of 91 compounds were identified accounting for 91.1%, 93.3% and 87.9% of the total oil for CBA, CBR and CPA, respectively. All the samples were characterized mainly by hydrocarbons (7.1-34.1%), fatty acids (9.7-45.9%), and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (15.2-16.6%). The major components of the samples were hexadecanoic acid (8.1-31.1%), nonacosane (0.6-13.4%) and caryophyllene oxide (4.5-11.9%). Monoterpenes, both hydrocarbons and oxygenated, were either absent or present in low amounts in all the oils. The similarity in the oil contents is consistent with the two species being placed in the same section, Jacea.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1200700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Jerković ◽  
Marko Šuste ◽  
Željan Maleš ◽  
Kroata Hazler Pilepić

The essential oils from the aerial parts of Prasium majus L., collected during two years in Croatia, were analysed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-two compounds were identified, representing 90.3–91.8% of the total oils. The major constituents in both samples were fatty acids (particularly hexadecanoic acid and ( Z)-octadec-9-enoic acid), lower aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes and acids (major ones oct-1-en-3-ol and ( E,E)-hepta-2,4-dienal) and phenylpropane derivatives (e.g. eugenol). β-Caryophyllene was the most abundant terpene and ( E)-β-ionone was the major norisoprenoid.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1300800
Author(s):  
Nawel Meliani ◽  
Mohammed El Amine Dib ◽  
Nassim Djabou ◽  
Jean Costa ◽  
Hocine Allali ◽  
...  

The volatile components of Algerian Daucus aureus Desf. were investigated using a combination of analytical techniques. Analyses of essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts and roots of the plant were performed using capillary GC/RI and GC/MS analysis. Seventy-one compounds were identified, constituting 90.2–96.0% of the total essential oils,. The main components from the aerial parts of the plants were germacrene D (11.3–67.2%), followed by caryophyllene oxide (0.9–9.5%), spathulenol (0.6–8.4%), ( Z)-α-santalol (1.4–6.5%), viridiflorol (0.9–5.8%), cadin-4-en-7-ol (1.5–5.6%), and τ-cadinol (1.2–5.2%). The main components of the essential oils obtained from the roots of the plant were ( Z)-α-santalol (14.1%), caryophyllene oxide (10.6%), spathulenol (9.8%), nonadecane (6.8%), and tetradecanoic acid (5.2%). The intraspecies variations of the chemical compositions of the essential oils from the aerial parts of D. aureus from 14 Algerian sample locations were investigated using statistical analysis. Essential oil samples were clustered into two groups according to their chemical compositions. This chemical variability could be attributed to growing conditions and environmental factors. The essential oils exhibited an interesting antimicrobial effect against the microorganisms tested, with MIC values in the range of 0.125–4.6 mg/mL. It is suggested that the essential oils from D. aureus may be a new potential source of natural antimicrobial compounds that could be applied in the pharmaceutical and food industries.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1200700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariem Ben Jemia ◽  
Carmen Formisano ◽  
Svetlana Bancheva ◽  
Maurizio Bruno ◽  
Felice Senatore

The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Centaurea formanekii Halacsy and the aerial parts, capitula and roots of C. orphanidea Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. ssp. thessala (Hausskn.) Dostál from Greece were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed. The main components in C. formanekii were hexadecanoic acid (13.6%), δ-elemene (9.1%), and spathulenol (6.9%). The main components in C. orphanidea ssp. thessala were γ-elemene (26.1%) and caryophyllene oxide (13.2%) in the aerial parts, hexadecanoic acid (33.5%) and heptacosane (6.3%) in the capitula, and hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (22.0%) and α-chamigrene (14.0%) in the roots. The chemotaxonomic significance with respect to other previously studied species of the same sections (Phalolepis and Achrolopus, respectively) is discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1400900
Author(s):  
Antonella Maggio ◽  
Luana Riccobono ◽  
Svetlana Bancheva ◽  
Maurizio Bruno ◽  
Felice Senatore

In the present study the chemical compositions of the essential oils from aerial parts of Centaurea davidovii Urum. and C. parilica Stoj. & Stef., both endemic to Bulgaria, were evaluated by GC and GC-MS. The main components of C. davidovii were β-eudesmol (13.9%), spathulenol (13.3%), caryophyllene oxide (10.1%) and ( Z)-phytol (5.4%). The main components of C parilica were hexadecanoic acid (39.2%), ( Z, Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid (11.9%), caryophyllene oxide (6.8%) and spathulenol (6.6%). In order to compare the essential oils composition of these taxa and of related species a PCA analysis was carried out.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1100600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Formisano ◽  
Daniela Rigano ◽  
Felice Senatore ◽  
Franco Piozzi ◽  
Nelly Apostolides Arnold

The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Scutellaria orientalis L. ssp. alpina (Boiss.) O. Schwarz and S. utriculata Labill. growing wild in Lebanon, were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. In S. orientalis ssp. alpina, strongly characterized by sesquiterpenes (41.2%) and particularly sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (31.7%), hexahydrofarnesylacetone (11.7%) was recognized as the main constituent, together with hexadecanoic acid (7.6%), caryophyllene (7.4%), caryophyllene oxide (6.8%), 4-vinylguaiacol (5.4%) and germacrene D (5.4%). S. utriculata oil was instead constituted above all by monoterpenes (42.2%), particularly oxygen containing monoterpenes (39.9%), and in this oil the main compounds were linalool (20.1%), 4-vinyl guaiacol (15.5%), α-terpineol (8.9%), ( E)-nerolidol (8.9%) and geraniol (8.2%).


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1701201
Author(s):  
Tuğba Günbatan ◽  
Betül Demirci ◽  
İlhan Gürbüz ◽  
Fatih Demircib ◽  
Ayşe Mine Gençler Özkanc

Sideritis caesarea H. Duman, Aytaç & Başer of the Lamiaceae is an Anatolian endemic species, and is mainly used as herbal tea and folk medicine. This present study aimed to determine and compare the chemical compositions of the volatile components of S. caesarea specimens collected from different localities in Kayseri province, Turkey: Sariz town (samples A and B), Pınarbaşı-Kaynar (sample C) and Pınarbaşı-Şirvan Mountain (sample D), respectively. Initially, the essential oils of the aerial parts were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed both by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID), gas chromatography/mass spectrometer (GC/MS), simultaneously. Major volatile components of samples A and D were characterized as hexadecanoic acid (19.7 and 20.5%), caryophyllene oxide (6.7 and 20.2%), β-caryophyllene (6.5 and 12.6%), respectively. In sample B, hexadecanoic acid (14.6%), β-caryophyllene (11.5%) and caryophyllene oxide (8.3%) were detected as the major components. Whereas caryophyllene oxide (13.7%), hexadecanoic acid (8.5%) and spathulenol (6.1%) were the main components of the essential oil of sample C. Besides the chemical profiling, in vitro antimicrobial effects of samples were evaluated against a panel of six pathogenic microorganisms. Inhibition zones of the tested samples varied against bacteria with low to moderate activity, where no susceptibility against Candida albicans was observed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1000501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asta Judzentiene ◽  
Jurga Budiene ◽  
Rita Butkiene ◽  
Eugenija Kupcinskiene ◽  
Isabelle Laffont-Schwob ◽  
...  

The chemical composition of the essential oils of aerial parts of Artemisia campestris ssp. campestris, collected from ten different locations in Lithuania is detailed in this paper. The major component in all the oils was caryophyllene oxide (8.5-38.8%), whereas compounds with the caryophyllane skeleton ranged from 10.2 to 44.5%. Other representative constituents were germacrene D (≤15.0%), humulene epoxide II (≤8.1%), β-ylangene (≤7.7%), spathulenol (≤6.8%), β-elemene (≤6.8%), β-caryophyllene (≤6.2%), junenol (≤6.1%) and α- or β-pinene (≤5.5%). Eighty-seven compounds were identified, comprising 73.6-92.3% of the oils. The chemical composition was highly variable depending on the sample location. Toxicity of A. campestris oils was determined using the brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) assay. LC50 values ranging to 20 μg/mL were obtained for three of the oils after 24 hours of exposure. Data of this test revealed that A. campestris ssp. campestris essential oils with dominant caryophyllene oxide are notably toxic.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1200700
Author(s):  
Nenad Vukovic ◽  
Miroslava Kacaniova ◽  
Lukas Hleba ◽  
Slobodan Sukdolak

The essential oils from different aerial parts of Lonicera japonica have been extracted by hydro-distillation and analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Quantitative and qualitative differences were found between the analyzed plant parts. A total of eighty-nine compounds were identified. The main constituents were ( Z, Z)-farnesole (16.2%) and linalool (11.0%) for the flowers fraction, hexadecanoic acid (16.0%) and linalool (8.7%) for the leaves fraction, and hexadecanoic acid (31.4%) for the stems. Monoterpene hydrocarbons were absent from all the oils, and oxygenated sesquiterpenes were not identified in the essential oil of the stem.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1601100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pia Argentieri ◽  
Barbara De Lucia ◽  
Giuseppe Cristiano ◽  
Pinarosa Avato

The genus Lavandula includes about thirty species plus a number of intraspecific taxa and hybrids, which are distributed in the Mediterranean area. The traditional use of lavender both as perfume or medicinal plant is known since antiquity. Nowadays several species are extensively cultivated for the extraction of their essential oils (EOs) which are used in manufactured products like cosmetics and perfumes or in phytotherapy. Lavandula pinnata L. f. (syn L. pinnata Lundmark) is a rare species native to the Canary Islands used in folk medicine as relaxant and also a valuable remedy against bites. To the best of our knowledge, EOs from L. pinnata have been very little studied. The present paper reports on the quali- and quantitative compositional profile of the EOs distilled (by a Spring type apparatus) from the aerial parts (flowers and leaves) of this species cultivated in soilless conditions. Chemical analyses by means of GC and GC-MS techniques have indicated that oxygenated monoterpenes are the main constituents of both the flowers (68.30%) and the leaves (83.65%). Carvacrol is the main compound which characterizes the EOs of this species. In addition, discrete amounts of spathulenol (12.22%) and caryophyllene oxide (14.62%) have been detected in flowers EOs, while leaves EOs contained small amounts of carvacrol methyl ether (2.52%).


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