Composition of the Essential Oils of Centaurea sericeae Wagenitz and Centaurea ensiformis PH Davis from Turkey
ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol.22, no.9, pp.7159-7163, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 22 Issue: 9
- Publication Date: 2010
- Journal Name: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.7159-7163
- Keywords: Centaurea sericeae, Centaurea ensiformis, Asteraceae, Essential oil composition, Turkey
- Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from two endemic Centaurea L. species (Asteraceae); Centaurea seri:ceae Wagenitz and Centaurea ensiformis P.H Davis from Turkey was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), simultaneously. Caryophyllene oxide (10 6 %), nonacosane (8.6 %) and hexadecanoic acid (7 %) were the main constituents in the oil of C. sericeae and beta-eudesmol (29.8 %), hexadecanoic acid (8 %) and caryophyllene oxide (7.6 %) were the main constituents in the oil of C. ensiformis.