• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of the Local Endemics Centaurea davidovii and C. parilica (Asteraceae, sect. Lepteranthus) from Bulgaria
  • Contributor: Maggio, Antonella; Riccobono, Luana; Bancheva, Svetlana; Bruno, Maurizio; Senatore, Felice
  • Published: SAGE Publications, 2014
  • Published in: Natural Product Communications, 9 (2014) 9, Seite 1934578X1400900
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400900938
  • ISSN: 1934-578X; 1555-9475
  • Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine ; Plant Science ; Drug Discovery ; Pharmacology ; General Medicine
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  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access