| Title: | Volatile components from aerial parts of Centaurea gracilenta and C. ovina ssp. besserana growing wild in Bulgaria |
| Author(s): | Formisano C; Rigano D; Senatore F; Bancheva S; Bruno M; Maggio A; Rosselli S; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry of Natural Products, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano, 49 - 80131 Naples, Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1934-578X (Print) 1555-9475 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The essential oils of Centaurea gracilenta Velen. (CG) and C. ovina Pall. ex Willd. ssp. besserana (DC.) Dostal (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%). beta-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%), beta-eudesmol (5.8%) and caryophyllene oxide (5.7%) were the main compounds for COB" |
| Keywords: | "Bulgaria Centaurea/*chemistry Oils, Volatile/chemistry Plant Components, Aerial/chemistry Plant Oils/chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineFormisano, Carmen Rigano, Daniela Senatore, Felice Bancheva, Svetlana Bruno, Maurizio Maggio, Antonella Rosselli, Sergio eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2011/09/29 Nat Prod Commun. 2011 Sep; 6(9):1339-42" |
