Essential Oil Chemical Composition and Headspace Volatiles Profile of Achillea coarctata from Serbia

Abstract

This study reports the essential oil composition and headspace volatiles profile of Achillea coarctata Poir. from Serbia. The inflorescences, stems and leaves, and the aerial parts of A. coarctata were analyzed separately. Germacrene D, α-terpineol and 1,8-cineole were the main constituents of the aerial parts essential oil; 1,8-cineole, cis-cadin-4-en-7-ol and α-terpineol were the most dominant compounds in the inflorescence essential oil, while the most abundant components in the stem and leaf oil were germacrene D, cis-cadin-4-en-7-ol and ledol. The percentages of monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids in the aerial parts were the same, while there were differences in distribution of these compound classes in inflorescence and stem and leaf essential oils. The major components of the headspace volatiles were the same for aerial parts, inflorescence and stem and leaves: 1,8-cineole, β-pinene and α-pinene.

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“…Cis-cadin-4-ene-7-ol (5.32%), which also contribute a major proportion of essential oil of E. diffusum, was previously suggested responsible for the antimicrobial activity 35,36 . This oxygenated bicyclic sesquiterpene has also been reported from some angiosperms, Neolitsea kedahense-7.7% 36 , Achillea coarctata 37 , but this is the first report from pteridophyte. Kanchanapoom et al, studied the chemical composition of the aerial portion of E. diffusum growing in Thailand, by using 1 H-NMR and 13 C-NMR and four compounds, sammangaoside A, kaempferol 3-O-sophoroside, L-tryptophan and (3S, 5R, 6S, 7E, 9S)-megastigman-7-ene-5,6epoxy-3,9-diol 3-O-b -D-glucopyranoside were identified 38 .…”

Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Achillea coarctata Poir. Essential Oils

“…from Trgovište, Serbia, with germacrene D as the main constituent of the aerial parts and stem and leaf essential oil, while the most dominant compound in the inflorescence essential oil was 1,8-cineole. [19] If we compare our results with previously published results regarding the chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from the same plant species, it is obviously that different factors (such as type of substrate, different climate conditions, different plant organs that were used for hydrodistillation as well as either the essential oil was obtained from fresh or airdried plant material) affect the qualitative and quantitative chemical composition of essential oils.…”

“…As mentioned, there are few reports regarding A. coarctata essential oils. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] When we look at previous studies on A. coarctata from Turkey, viridiflorol, camphor and 1,8-cineole were reported as major constituents in essential oil obtained from this species by several authors. [12 -16] On the other hand, a literature survey revealed that essential oils of A. coarctata from Greece (inflorescence and leaves) was also dominated by oxygenated monoterpenes, 1,8-cineole and camphor.…”

“…Achillea coarctata is an upright, clump‐forming, perennial herbaceous with grey‐green leaves and small, dense corymbs of yellow flowers throughout summer. Literature survey indicated that the essential oils obtained from A. coarctata were dominated by oxygenated terpenes with 1,8‐cineole as one of the most frequently identified component [12–19] . Previous reports regarding the biological activity revealed that A. coarctata essential oils exhibit weak or moderate antimicrobial activity [15–17] …”

Composition of essential oils and headspace constituents of Artemisia annua L. and A. scoparia Waldst. et Kit.

“…[1][2][3] Even though headspace G-C is extensively used a limited number of papers is focused on the analysis of headspace volatiles obtained directly from the plant material under static conditions. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] More papers are related to HS-SPME analysis some of which refer to A. scoparia 12 and A. annua. [13][14][15][16][17] Static headspace analysis of plants is a very fast and inexpensive method.…”