Composition of Angelica Root Oils Obtained by Supercritical C0₂Extraction and Steam Distillation

Essential Oils of Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) Family Taxa as Emerging Potent Agents for Mosquito Control

“…(AS) is consistent with the literature reports for EOs obtained from its seeds (Bernard, 2001) and roots (Bernard & Clair, 1997), with -pinene and -phellandrene being the major components. Same compounds were reported as the prevailing phytochemicals in the EOs of A. archangelica L. sensu lato (Bernard, 2001;Nykanen et al, 1991;Bernard & Clair, 1997;Chalcat & Garry, 1997;Nivinskiene et al, 2005), while the EO of A. glauca is reported to contain -phellandrene as major component and only small portions of -pinene (Aghinotri et al, 2004;Kaul et al, 1996). Other Angelica L. taxa, such as A. sinensis (Dung et al, 1996;Kim et al, 2006), A. gigas (Kim et al, 2006), A. acutiloba (Kim et al, 2006), A. heterocarpa (Bernard, 2001;Bernard & Clair, 1997) and A. tenuissima (Ka et al, 2005) display a completely different, both qualitative and quantitative, EO composition profile.…”

Accumulation of essential oils in relation to root differentiation in Angelica archangelica L.

“…The aroma constituents of Angelica root oil have been investigated by Taskinen and Nykänen (1975), Forsén (1979), Nykänen et al (1991), , , and Doneanu and Anitescu (1998). The bulk of the oil (up to 88%) consists of monoterpene hydrocarbons, which are responsible for the oil's aroma (Forsén, 1979).…”

Furanocoumarins

“…Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) has been used for the extraction and separation of furanocoumarins from various subspecies of A. archangelica [39,40]. The fluid is characterized by a high diffusion coefficient, low viscosity and density, and lack of surface tension.…”