Chemical composition of Scaligeria meifolia Boiss. essential oil from Iran

Abstract

Summary Scaligeria meifolia Boiss., belonging to the Apiaceae family, grows wild in Iran. The essential oil from aerial parts of S. meifolia were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-one constituents representing 99.98% of total oil components were identified. The main constituents of the essential oil were germacrene-D, (24.2%), germacrene-B (14.8%), limonene (14.2%), γ-elemene (11.6 %) and β-elemene (5.2%).

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil and Antimicrobial Activity of Scaligeria DC. Taxa and Implications for Taxonomy

“…The essential oil of S. meifolia from Turkey were evaluated and samples were collected from two different localities for ssential chemical analysis ( Table 1). The chemistry of S. meifolia essential oil collected from Iran was reported [39], where the results were different from our present study in terms of main components ( Table 2, Table 4). To the best of our knowledge there was no information on the oil analysis both of S. hermonis and S. glaucescens, which is the first chemo-systematic study among accepted Scaligeria species from Turkey.…”

“…In our study, while α-copaene, cubebol, hexadecanoic acid were the major components for SM-1 oil, caryophyllene oxide, hexadecanoic acid, α-copaene and cubebol are components were the main components for the SM-2 oil, respectively (Table 3). However, the main components identified in S. meifolia collected from two different localities in our work, were different from the components reported in a previous work [39]. The EOs of the leaf and fruit of S. assyriaca Freyn & Bornm.…”

“…Furthermore, (E)-anethole was identified as the main component in S. lazica essential oil of the aerial parts both in our study and in previously reported studies [35,36]. Rowshan and Tarakemeh (2013) reported that main constituents of S. meifolia essential oil of the aerial parts collected from Iran were germacrene D, germacrene B and limonene. In our study, while α-copaene, cubebol, hexadecanoic acid were the major components for SM-1 oil, caryophyllene oxide, hexadecanoic acid, α-copaene and cubebol are components were the main components for the SM-2 oil, respectively (Table 3).…”

“…is used for splenomegaly and for jaundice in the Southwest Balkan, Peninsula and Asia Minor [34]. The Scaligeria species essential oil composition, various biological activity studies were reported in previous studies [17,22,[35][36][37][38][39]. However, comprehensive studies on the Scaligeria genus are still very limited and not enough to clarify their existing taxonomic problems.…”

Pollen morphology of Scaligeria DC. (Apiaceae) in Turkey

“…The genus Scaligeria DC. (Apiaceae) comprises species that are rich in essential oils that have antibacterial and antifungal properties (Baser et al, 1995;Tabanca et al, 2007;Navaei and Mirza, 2009;Rowshan and Tarakemeh, 2013;Baldemir et al, 2016Baldemir et al, , 2018. The taxonomy of the genus Scaligeria has been significantly altered in the last few decades (Hand et al, 2012).…”