Comparative examination of the essential oils of Anthemis ruthenica and A. arvensis wild‐growing in Serbia

Abstract

The essential oils from the aerial parts of Anthemis ruthenica and Anthemis arvensis, wild-growing in Serbia, obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed using GC and GC/MS. A total of 75 and 81 components were identified in A. ruthenica and A. arvensis, respectively. The major constituents of A. ruthenica oil were β β β β β-pinene (3.6%), 1,8-cineol (6.8%), 4-terpineol (6.2%), α α α α α-terpineol (3.6%), isophyllocladene (5.4%) and palmitic acid (9.9%). The oil of A. arvensis showed a high content of non-terpenic compounds. The main components were palmitic acid (21.2%) and linoleic acid (6.5%). The most abundant terpenic compounds in the oil of A. arvensis were pinocarvone (5.4%) and isospathulenol (4.6% oil of A. arvensis has not been studied before, a comparative (TLC, GC and spectrophotometric) investigation of A. ruthenica and Matricaria chamomilla indicated azulene, bisabolol and farnesene to be the common constituents in their essential oils. Analysis of the oilsThe GC analysis was carried out on a gas chromatogaph HP 5890 series II fitted with FID (300°C), split/splitless injector (255°C) and HP-5MS column (30 m × 0.25 mm × 0.25 µm film thickness). The temperature program was 50-285°C (4.3°C/min), and the carrier gas was H 2 (1 ml/min) measured at 210°C.The analytical system used for GC/MS analysis was an HP 5890 Series II gas chromatograph with HP G 1800C

Comparative Analysis of Essential Oils of Six Anthemis Taxa from Serbia and Montenegro

“…The main constituents in both oils were germacrene D (8.3 -11.3%) and terpinen-4-ol (6.3 -7.3%), whereas oil from Kovin population additionaly contained b-pinene (7.5%) and borneol (5.7%), and the oil from Stara Palanka epi-a-cadinol (5.5%) in prominent amounts. Previous investigation of the oil of A. ruthenica, originated also from Serbia, but from different location [16], revealed that major compounds were palmitic acid (9.9%), 1,8-cineole (6.8%), 4-terpineol (6.2%), and isophyllocladene (5.4%), while in our samples palmitic acid and isophyllocladene were not detected.…”

Comparison of Compositions and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oils from Chemically Stimulated Agarwood, Wild Agarwood and Healthy Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg Trees

“…AMDIS software was used to calculate Kovats retention indices. Further identification was made by comparing their mass spectra with these stored in NIST 08 and with mass spectra from the literature [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. The relative concentrations of the components were obtained by peak areas normalization without applying correction factors.…”

Lipids Composition in Plant Membranes

“…The seeds of peanuts (A. hypogaea) contained the highest amounts of oleic (C18:1) and linoleic (C18:2) acids reaching 50% and 30%, respectively [30]. In the essential oil from the aerial parts of A. arvensis, the palmitic acid achieved~21% [42], whereas 8.8% in the seeds with the total PUFA/SFA ratio equal 7.17 [34]. In the seeds of C. populnea, the most abundant among fatty acids were palmitic (C16:0)-40%, oleic (C18:1n-9)-27%, stearic (C18:0)-16.5%, and linoleic (C18:2n-6)-11.86% acids.…”