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Composition of the essential oil of Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. (Asteraceae)
Author(s) -
Senatore Felice,
Bruno Maurizio
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1180
Subject(s) - asteraceae , chemistry , essential oil , antimicrobial , sesquiterpene , botany , traditional medicine , stereochemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , biology , medicine
The essential oil of Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. was obtained by hydrodistillation. In total 38 components were identied by GC and GC–MS. Oxygenated sesquiterpenoids amounted to 60.2% of the oil. The main components were germacra‐1(10),5‐dien‐3,4‐diol (18.4%), α ‐cadinol (14.1%), 3‐acetoxygermacra‐1(10),5‐dien‐4‐ol (13.0%), T‐cadinol (8.2%) and δ ‐cadinene (5.8%). The oil does not show antimicrobial activity. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.