Essential Oil Composition of Endemic Centaurea tchihatcheffii Fisch and Mey. from Turkey

ALTINTAŞ A., KOCA ÇALIŞKAN U., DEMİRCİ B., BAŞER K. H. C.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol.22, no.6, pp.4711-4716, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.4711-4716
  • Keywords: Centaurea tchihatcheffii, Asteraceae, Essential oil composition, Caryophyllene oxide, Carvacrol, ASTERACEAE
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from endemic Centaurea tchihatcheffii Fisch. & Mey. (Asteraceae) from Turkey was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), simultaneously. Main constituents of the oil were found as caryophyllene oxide (15.1 %), carvacrol (14.7 %), acetophenone (6.2 %) and spathulenol (5.3 %).