Study of the Essential Oil from<i>Juniperus communis</i>“Berries” (Cones) Growing Wild in Greece

Chatzopoulou, Paschalina; Katsiotis, Stavros T.

doi:10.1055/s-2006-959760

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“…21 At any rate, it has to be taken into account that under the applied conditions (pretreatment) of comminution (immersion of the berries in liquid nitrogen), no alteration of the essential oil composition was expected, as also confirmed by previous reports. 15,21 Finally, it was observed that the plant material submitted to headspace analysis showed significant quantitative differences in the constituents obtained from ground and intact berries ( Table 1). The percentage yields of several monoterpene hydrocarbons, such as α-thujene, camphene, α-terpinene, p-cymene, γ -terpinene and terpinolene, were higher in the case of intact berries.…”

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“…A voucher specimen is kept in the Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, NAGREF, Thessaloniki, Greece. The plant material to be comminuted before the extraction procedure was kept in liquid N 2 for 30 min and was then reduced in size using a cutting mill (closed type), at a degree of comminution of 1 mm (all the particles passed through the bigger sieve and at least 40% through the next smaller one); 15,21 the mean diameter of the plant material particles was determined by mechanical sieving. In addition, some experiments were conducted with uncomminuted (whole) berries.…”

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“…10 The essential oil of Juniperus communis is widely used in the perfumery, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries because of its aromatic and diuretic properties. 11,12 The composition of the essential oils from J. communis cones (berries) [13][14][15] and needles [16][17][18][19] has been extensively studied. However, to our knowledge, only a few investigations have been reported on their headspace volatiles.…”

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Headspace analysis of the volatile constituents from Juniperus communis L. ‘berries’ (cones) grown wild in Greece

Chatzopoulou

Katsiotis

2006

Flavour & Fragrance J

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The fraction of highly volatile compounds is quite important to define the first sensory impact of an aromatic smell, and one of the most accurate ways to examine it is almost always by the headspace technique. A panel of 20 characteristic aromatic constituents, also shown to be the main constituents, has been studied in relation to juniper aroma. The results from the static headspace-GC (SH-GC) technique applied for the extraction and analysis of the volatile components from Juniperus communis L. berries (cones) showed that: (a) the monoterpene hydrocarbons formed the main group of constituents (73.5-93.7%); (b) temperatures and extraction times were significant factors, influencing the amounts of all the groups of volatiles; and (c) comminution of the plant material influenced the headspace procedure differently. Remarkable differences were observed, particularly between the quantitative synthesis of the distillate and the headspace extract.

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Headspace analysis of the volatile constituents from Juniperus communis L. ‘berries’ (cones) grown wild in Greece

Chatzopoulou

Katsiotis

2006

Flavour & Fragrance J

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“…In the last years a number of publications have reported the composition of the berries and leaves essential oil of the Juniperus species (Kallio and Junger-Mannermaa, 1989;Chatzopoulou and Katsiotis, 1993a;1993b;Koukos and Papadopoulou, 1997;Ochocka et al, 1997;Angioni et al, 2003;Milojevic et al, 2008;Orav et al, 2010). The chemical nature of juniper essential oil differs depending on its origin.…”

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ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF <i>JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS</i> (L.) GROWING WILD IN EAST PART OF KOSOVO

Haziri

Faiku

Mehmeti

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American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of the essential oil of Juniperus communis (L.), originated from east part of Kosova, was investigated. The essential oil from berries of J. communis (L.), obtained by hydro-distillation was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of J. communis (L.) are investigated and results are submitted for their activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Hafnia alvei and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Applying the agar disc diffusion technique, we measured diameters of the inhibition zone around discs, which are previously wetted with DMF solution of the essential oil with three different concentrations, 1, 3 and 5 mg mL −1 . Analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 41 peaks, representing 96% of the oil. Berry essential oil composed mainly of monoterpenoids which amounted to 83%, of which 69.4% was monoterpene hydrocarbons. The main monoterpene hydrocarbons were α-pinene (36.2%) and β-myrcene (21.1%). The sesquiterpene accounted for about 13.4% of the total oil composition. Germacrene D (2.2%), α-cadinol (1.6%), α-humulene (1.5%), spathulenol (1.4%), epi-α-bisabolol (1.3%) and germacrene B (1.1%) were the main constituents of the sesquiterpenes. The inhibition zone depends from concentrations and also from sort of bacteria. The inhibition zones differ from 0-39 mm. The present work presents the chemical composition of the hydrodistilled oil of J. communis (L.) from East part of Kosova and the results are compared to those reported in the literature. This study demonstrates the occurrence of α-pinene chemotype of J. communis (L.) from east part of Kosova. The essential oil of J. communis (L.) growing wild in Kosova, showed moderate to high activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Hafnia alvei. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is resistant to the essential oil of J. communis (L.) growing wild in east part of Kosova.

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“…The composition of the essential oil varies upon origin of berries but consists mainly of monoterpene hydrocarbons (about 60% of the essential oil). The major constituent of the unripe and ripe berry essential oils of J. communis from European countries is α-pinene [10,16,17,22,[24][25][26], (tab. 1).…”

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Characterization of the essential oil from cone-berries of Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae)

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SummaryJuniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae) is a plant widely cultivated in the Northern hemisphere. Juniper berries, the fruit of Juniperus communis L. are a highly valued, essential oil-rich plant material used traditionally in folk medicine as antiseptic, diuretic, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungicidal agent. This paper reviews information on extraction methods of the essential oil from the juniper berries, its chemical composition and antimicrobial as well as antioxidant properties.

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Study of the Essential Oil fromJuniperus communis“Berries” (Cones) Growing Wild in Greece

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Headspace analysis of the volatile constituents from Juniperus communis L. ‘berries’ (cones) grown wild in Greece

Headspace analysis of the volatile constituents from Juniperus communis L. ‘berries’ (cones) grown wild in Greece

ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF <i>JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS</i> (L.) GROWING WILD IN EAST PART OF KOSOVO

Characterization of the essential oil from cone-berries of Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae)

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