Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils from the Aerial Parts ofBupleurum gibraltariumLam.

Seasonal Variation of Leaf, Stem and Umbel Ray Essential Oils ofBupleurum gibraltariumLam.

“…The oils were obtained by steam distillation of leaves, stems, umbel rays and, when present, fruits, and were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. As the examination of the oils indicated the presence of at least 136 components (15), the present seasonal variation study was limited to those components that reached a percentage of 2%, at least once in some part of the plant. The results are all samples were collected from El Zumbel area near the city of Jaén (southern Spain); b fruits contained in the umbel rays collected during the fruiting period were removed, and fruits and umbel rays (without fruits) steam distilled separately presented in Table I and Table II.…”

“…Retention indices and authentic standards were also used for further identification. When authentic standards were not available, retention indices compared with the literature values were used as in our previous work (15).…”

“…In the laboratory, the anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oil (10,11) and of a root extract (4), and the in vitro antimicrobial activity of an oil sample (14) have been investigated. Some years ago we studied the oil composition from the umbel rays, stems, leaves, fruits and the whole aerial parts of B. gibraltarium harvested in the province of Jaén, southern Spain (15). The oils of the umbels, leaves and fruits were dominated by sabinene and a-pinene, and stems and aerial parts by sabinene and 2,3,4-trimethylbenzaldehyde, among others.…”

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Leaves and Roots of Ottoa oenanthoides (Apiaceae) from Mérida, Venezuela

“…Chemical studies of several members of the Apiaceae have revealed the presence of sesquiterpenes, furocoumarins, flavonoids, fatty acids, tocopherols, tocotrienols [2], polyacetylenes, lignans and phenylpropanoids [3]. Essential oil composition of some species of this family has also been reported, indicating the presence of terpene-type compounds like α-pinene, sabinene, limonene, geijerene, pregeijerene, germacrene D and p-cymene [4], showing antimicrobial activity against S. aureus, E. coli and Candida albicans [5]. In this present communication the essential oil composition of O. oenanthoides is being reported for the first time.…”

Essential Oil Composition of the Aerial Parts of Bupleurum Candollii

“…The oil of the aerial parts of B. rigidum contained α-pinene (26.4%), myrcene (26.2%), and limonene (12.2%) as the major components [3]. The oil obtained from the aerial parts of B. gibraltarium had α-pinene (5.9%), sabinene (9.2%), limonene (6.6%), 2,3,4-trimethyl benzaldehyde (17.2%), terpinen 4-ol (5.1%), trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (4.7%), elemol (4.3%) and guaiol (5.3%) as the major constituents [4]. Another study on the essential oil of B. gibraltarium reported sabinene (31.1%), α-pinene (15.6%) and 2,3,4-trimethyl benzaldehyde (10.9%) as the major constituents [5].…”