Composition of the essential oils of Centaurea aphrodisea, C. polyclada, C. athoa, C. hyalolepis and C. iberica

Erel S. B., Demirci B., DEMİR S., KARAALP C., BAŞER K. H. C.

JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, vol.25, no.2, pp.79-84, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10412905.2012.755476
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.79-84
  • Keywords: Centaurea, Asteraceae, essential oil composition, hexadecanoic acid, caryophyllene oxide, ASTERACEAE GROWING WILD, VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS, MEDICINAL-PLANTS, DC., L., COMPONENTS, GLYCOSIDES, TURKEY, BOISS.
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from two endemic Centaurea species (C. aphrodisea Boiss. and C. polyclada DC.) and three widespread (C. athoa DC., C. hyalolepis Boiss. and C. iberica Trev. ex Sprengel) Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) taxa from Turkey were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques. The analyses revealed 109 constituents, accounting between 87% and 93.4% of the oils. Hexadecanoic acid (8.1-27.9%) was the main constituent of C. iberica, C. hyalolepis and C. polyclada oils, while spathulenol (8.1%) was the major compound in C. aphrodisea and caryophyllene oxide (17.1%) in C. athoa oils.