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Interpopulation Variability in the Essential Oil Composition of Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus from Sardinia
Author(s) -
Mastino Patrizia Monica,
Marchetti Mauro,
Costa Jean,
Usai Marianna
Publication year - 2018
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.201800151
Subject(s) - chemotype , taxon , essential oil , botany , genus , chemotaxonomy , composition (language) , trichome , chemical composition , biology , chemistry , taxonomy (biology) , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Cistus genus is widespread in the Mediterranean regions with several species and is traditionally known as a natural remedy, but few previous phytochemical researches have been reported on Cistus species growing in Sardinia. The aim of this work was to study the interpopulation variability of the volatiles of C . creticus subsp. eriocephalus to find out the natural chemotypes of this taxon for chemotaxonomic purposes. Plant material was collected from seven wild populations in Sardinia. The oils from aerial part were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC / MS enabling to identify 185 compounds. The seven samples showed appreciable variations in their chemical composition. MA was found almost exclusively linear hydrocarbons (85%) and MN presented fatty acids (36.97%) as major fraction. CP and MN had high quantity of non‐terpenic carbonylic compounds (63% and 69%, respectively) and in CP was found also sclareol, a well‐known antimicrobial compound. PCA analysis showed the existence of a high interpopulation variability within the essential oils of C . creticus subsp. eriocephalus growing in Sardinia. For example, MN and CP are very close to each other as CG is close to PM . BN is isolated from the others Cistus populations due to lacking essential oil. These data suggest that the basis of variation in the volatile composition of seven C . creticus subsp. eriocephalus populations depends on hybridization and that the sample without essential oil is the only one no‐hybridized.