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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Three Endemic Species of Anthemis Sect. Hiorthia (DC.) R.Fern. Growing Wild in Sicily and Chemotaxonomic Volatile Markers of the Genus Anthemis L.: An Update
Author(s) -
Maggio Antonella,
Riccobono Luana,
Spadaro Vivienne,
Scialabba Anna,
Bruno Maurizio,
Senatore Felice
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.201300372
Subject(s) - sabinene , botany , essential oil , chemistry , composition (language) , propionate , bract , chemotaxonomy , limonene , biology , taxonomy (biology) , organic chemistry , inflorescence , linguistics , philosophy
The chemical composition of the essential oils isolated from the aerial parts of Anthemis pignattiorum Guarino, Raimondo & Domina and A. ismelia Lojac . and the aerial parts and flowers of Anthemis cupaniana Tod . ex Nyman , three endemic Sicilian species belonging to the section Hiorthia , was determined by GC‐FID and GC/MS analyses. ( Z )‐Muurola‐4(14),5‐diene (27.3%) was recognized as the main constituent of the A. pignattiorum essential oil, together with isospathulenol (10.6%), sabinene (7.7%), and artemisyl acetate (6.8%), while in the oil obtained from the aerial parts of A. ismelia , geranyl propionate (8.8%), bornyl acetate (7.9%), β ‐thujone (7.8%), neryl propionate (6.5%), and τ ‐muurolol (6.5%) prevailed. α ‐Pinene was the main compound of both the aerial part and flower oils of A. cupaniana (18.4 and 13.2%, resp.). Also noteworthy are the considerable amounts of artemisyl acetate (12.7%) and β ‐thujone (11.8%) found in the oil from the aerial parts and those of tricosane (9.8%) and sabinene (7.6%) evidenced in the flower oil. Furthermore, an update on the main compounds identified in the essential oils of all the Anthemis taxa studied so far was presented, and cluster analyses were carried out, to compare the essential oils of these taxa.