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The essential oil of Anemia tomentosa (Savigny) Sw. var. anthriscifolia (Schrad.) Mickel
Author(s) -
Juliani Hector R,
Zygadlo Julio A,
Scrivanti Raquel,
de la Sota Elias,
Simon James E
Publication year - 2004
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.1341
Subject(s) - chemistry , essential oil , steam distillation , camphene , composition (language) , monoterpene , sesquiterpene , caryophyllene , botany , food science , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , biology
The essential oil composition of the aerial parts of Anemia tomentosa var. anthriscifolia (Anemiaceae) was characterized by GC–MS. Total volatile oil yield extracted by steam distillation was 0.2% dry weight basis. The volatile oil was composed mainly of sesquiterpenes (75%, as the relative percentage of the total essential oil) with lower amounts of monoterpenes (15%); no phenylpropanoids were detected. The sesquiterpenes were composed mainly of oxygenated components (67%), including α ‐bisabolol (51%), spathulenol (1%), caryophyllene oxide (3%), α ‐bisaboloxide (1%) and 14‐hydroxy‐9‐epi‐( E )‐caryophyllene (1%). The monoterpenes were dominated by neral (5%) and geranial (7%), with lower amounts of α ‐pinene, camphene, 6‐methyl‐5‐hepten‐2‐one, 1,8‐cineole and pinocarveol. This is the rst report of the essential oil accumulation (0.2%) and volatile composition in the aromatic fern A. tomentosa . Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.