Headspace volatiles of Chaerophyllum aureum L.

Abstract

Differences in the headspace volatile profiles (HS) of fresh and air-dried fruits, stems and aerial parts of Chaerophyllum aureum L. (Apiaceae) were studied here for the first time using HS-GC-MS (head spacegas chromatographymass spectrometry). This was done in order to probe to which level HS volatiles of different plant organs were susceptible to air drying. The most dominant headspace volatiles of all samples were monoterpene hydrocarbons. Sabinene was the major volatile of the fresh aerial parts, air-dried fruits, fresh and air-dried stems, representing 47.8%, 31.4%, 67.7% and 73.0% of the total volatiles, respectively. The most abundant headspace volatiles of the fresh fruits were terpinolene (45.3%), γ-terpinene (13.1%) and β-pinene (10.2%). The airdried aerial parts were characterized by a high amount of limonene (69.0%). The results of HS-GC-MS were subjected to multivariate statistical analysis in order to get a better insight into the similarities/dissimilarities existing between the investigated samples. According to the results of multivariate analysis, the drying process significantly influenced HS volatiles.

Chemical Composition of Volatiles; Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of Chaerophyllum aromaticum L. (Apiaceae) Essential Oils and Extracts

“…To the best of our knowledge, according to a literature survey there is no report on the biological activity of Chaerophyllum aromaticum . In the frame of our ongoing investigations on this genus, [ ][ ][ ] we report for the first time the essential oil composition of the root and aerial parts in full vegetative phase as well as biological activities of C . aromaticum essential oils and MeOH extracts.…”

Chemical Profile of Essential Oils and Headspace Volatiles of Chaerophyllum hirsutum from Serbia

“…Several investigations have been made on the essential oil composition of Chaerophyllum species [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Previous reports concerning the composition of the essential oil of C. hirsutum revealed that the composition of the oils obtained from different parts of Chaerophyllum hirsutum L. from Germany had the dominate presence of monoterpene hydrocarbons in all oils with up to 66% in the fruits, 38% in the leaves, 88% in the stems and 94% in the roots with smaller amounts of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (up to 6% in the fruits, stems and roots and 28% in the leaves) [17].…”