Essential Oil Composition of Achillea clusiana from Bulgaria

Abstract

The essential oil compositon of Achillea clusiana Tausch from Bulgaria has been studied by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-four components were registered, representing 92.5% of the oil. The oil was characterized by the presence of oxygenated mono- and sesquiterpenoids. The main components were β-thujone (17.2%), 1,8-cineole (11.2%), camphor (11.1%) and α- thujone (7.8%). Farnesol (3.1%), nerolidol (2.7%) and oxygenated nerolidol derivatives (cabreuva oxides A-D, isohumbertiols A-D, bejarol and 7-hydroxy-6,7-dihydro-5,6E-dehydronerolidol) were the main sesquiterpenoids in the oil.

Essential Oil Chemical Composition and Headspace Volatiles Profile of Achillea coarctata from Serbia

“…The various effects of these plants may be due to the presence of a broad range of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, amino acid derivatives, terpenoids and sterols [7]. The genus Achillea has a complex taxonomy, and studies on the composition of the essential oils have been used as an additional characteristic of inter-and infra-specific differentiation [8][9][10]. However, the existence of chemical variability concerning yarrow essential oil composition seems to be a well-known phenomenon.…”

Synthesis, odour evaluation and antimicrobial activity of some geranyl acetone and nerolidol analogues

“…fascicularis (33%), Piper hispidum (23.6%), cucumber tree (20%), and orange jessamine (25.7%) . Noticeable content of nerolidol was also reported in the composition of volatiles of an enormous number of essential oils, a modest example of which would be the following reports …”

Essential Oil Composition of Five Collections of Achillea Biebersteinii from Central Turkey and their Antifungal and Insecticidal Activity

“…Terpenoids (1,8-cineole, camphor, bomeol, pinenes, artemisia ketone, santolina alcohol, farnesane, caryophyllene and its oxides, -bisabolol and oxides, cubebene, germacrenes, eudesmol, farnesene, -gurjunene, -muurolene and chamazulene) are the principle components of Achillea essential oils [3,4]. Yarrow's healing power is mainly attributed to proazulenes, and so the chemical composition of yarrow oils has been investigated by several research groups in different countries [4,6,8,10,11] Piperitone was a major constituent of sample C (10.9%), but was not detected in the other four samples ( Table 2). Sample E was collected from Isparta in southwestern Turkey, and its chemical profile was similar to that of sample D; 1,8-cineole (34.3%), camphor (21.7%) and p-cymene (13.4%) were the main components.…”

“…Phytochemical studies carried out on Achillea essential oils have identified sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, alkaloids, lignans, triterpenes alkamides and polyacetylenes [3,4]. Achillea essential oils and sesquiterpene lactones have been studied by a number of investigators, but never evaluated for their potential as agrochemicals [3,4,8,10,11]. Terpenoids (1,8-cineole, camphor, bomeol, pinenes, artemisia ketone, santolina alcohol, farnesane, caryophyllene and its oxides, -bisabolol and oxides, cubebene, germacrenes, eudesmol, farnesene, -gurjunene, -muurolene and chamazulene) are the principle components of Achillea essential oils [3,4].…”

“…Terpenoids (1,8-cineole, camphor, bomeol, pinenes, artemisia ketone, santolina alcohol, farnesane, caryophyllene and its oxides, -bisabolol and oxides, cubebene, germacrenes, eudesmol, farnesene, -gurjunene, -muurolene and chamazulene) are the principle components of Achillea essential oils [3,4]. Yarrow's healing power is mainly attributed to proazulenes, and so the chemical composition of yarrow oils has been investigated by several research groups in different countries [4,6,8,10,11] The chemical compositions of A. biebersteinii essential oils reported from different geographic regions [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] are summarized in Table 3. Monoterpenes, with quantitative and qualitative differences, represented the largest group in these previous reports [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], an exception being one sample from Iran, which was found to be rich in the sesquiterpene, spathulenol.…”