Essential Oil Composition of Four Achillea Species from the Balkans and Its Chemotaxonomic Significance

Screening of yarrow (Achillea millefolium Agg.) populations in Serbia for yield components and essential oil composition

“…The high amount of 1,8-cineole (34.2%) has been reported A. eriophora (Weyerstahl et al, 1997). The high amount of sabinene, as we found in our populations 36, 38 and 39 (19.3-35.7%), has been also previously reported (Verma et al, 2017;Nadim et al, 2011;Conti et al, 2010;Boskovic et al, 2005). Serbian populations were lower in sabinene content, while introduced populations (Hohenheimer Gärten and commercial variety ProA) had very high content.…”

Essential oil composition of Achillea lingulata and A. umbellata

“…β-Pinene (1.94%), pinocarvone (1.52%), myrtenol (2.23%), decanoic acid (4.21%) β-caryophyllene (2.49%), germacrene D (2.85%), spathulenol (2.47%), vulgarone B (3.87%) and γ-palmitolactone (3.53%) were also present in the oil. The results of our analysis are in correlation with those previously reported from the oil of the whole aerial parts of A. lingulata from south Serbia, [6][7][8] but appeared different from the report of Boskovic et al (2005), in which τ-cadinol, a compound totally absent in all other studies to date, appeared as the major one. Unlike in A. lingulata, borneol has been found as the major component in the oils of A. crithmifolia, A. nobilis 23 and A. chrysocoma.…”

“…3,4 Our research group has reported the composition of the essential oils of different Achillea species growing in the Balkans. 5 Previous studies of A. lingulata have been concerned with the chemical composition of essential oils of the plant from different regions of Serbia, [6][7][8][9] as well as the chemistry of n-alkanes, 10 flavonoids (glucosides and aglycones) and several lignans. 11,12 The antimicrobial activity of extracts of the aerial parts of the plant has been also reported, showing weak to moderate activity.…”

Genotoxicity of Achillea millefolium essential oil in diploid cells of Aspergillus nidulans

“…Previous investigations indicated that the changes in the composition of A. millefolium essential oils might be related to factors such as maturation of the plant, geographical origin and different levels of ploidy. The blue color of our oil sample may indicate that it was taken from tetraploid individuals (Kubelka et al, 1999;Rohloff et al, 2000;Boskovic et al, 2005). In addition, the chemical compositions of the Achillea species are complex and susceptible to variations.…”