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Parthenolide and other volatiles in the flowerheads of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bip.
Author(s) -
Banthorpe D. V.,
Brown G. D.,
Janes J. F.,
Marr I. M.
Publication year - 1990
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.2730050310
Subject(s) - parthenolide , sesquiterpene , chemistry , asteraceae , parthenium , sesquiterpene lactone , terpenoid , terpene , gas chromatography , chromatography , germacrene , high performance liquid chromatography , botany , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , biochemistry , weed , biology , apoptosis
Extracts of the flowerheads of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bip. were analysed by gas chromatography‐mass spectroscopy (GC–MS). Those components that could not be matched with MS data banks were isolated by column chromatography/HPLC and then characterized by 1 H‐NMR. Extracts of the leaves and roots were subjected to a similar but less detailed examination for purposes of comparison which revealed that the flowerheads contained more than four times the quantity of the pharmacologically active sesquiterpene parthenolide than the leaves. Thirty‐nine other compounds (mostly terpenoids) were characterized.