Abstract
Chemical composition of essential oil isolated from aerial parts of Chenopodium botrys L. (Chenopodiaceae) collected from five different locations in the Republic of Macedonia was analysed by GC/FID/MS. Seventy five compounds were identified representing 90.02- 91.24% of the oil. The analysis has shown that the oils were rich in sesquiterpenе components (83.18-87.54%) comprising elemol acetat (9.88%-21.98%), seline-11-en-4α-ol (9.81%-13.5%), selina-3,11-dien-6α-ol (6.42%-9.71%) and elemol (5.57%-9.49%) as major oxygen containing sesquiterpenes, followed by lower content of α-eudesmol acetat (3.24%-4.11%), α-chenopodiol (2.42%-5.43%), botrydiol (1.87-5.73%) and α-chenopodiol-6-acetat (1.9%-4.73%).
Highlights
Chenopodiaceae is a large family consisting of approximately 102 genera and 1400 species (Kokanova-Nedialkova et al, 2009)
The analysis has shown that the oils were rich in sesquiterpenе components (83.18-87.54%) comprising elemol acetat (9.88%-21.98%), seline-11-en-4α-ol (9.81%-13.5%), selina-3,11-dien-6α-ol (6.42%-9.71%) and elemol (5.57%-9.49%) as major oxygen containing sesquiterpenes, followed by lower content of α-eudesmol acetat (3.24%-4.11%), α-chenopodiol (2.42%-5.43%), botrydiol (1.87-5.73%) and α-chenopodiol-6-acetat (1.9%-4.73%)
The aim of this study is determination of the chemical composition of the essential oil of wild samples of C. botrys collected from different localities of the Republic of Macedonia
Summary
Chenopodiaceae is a large family consisting of approximately 102 genera and 1400 species (Kokanova-Nedialkova et al, 2009). The typical genus Chenopodium comprises numerous species of perennial and annual plants known as goosefoots, which occur anywhere in the world. According to Fuentes-Bazan et al (2012) the species of Chenopodium could grow as herbaceous plant or as shrubs and small trees and they are mainly non-aromatic but could be fetid. Few species produce essential oil (glandular goosefoots) usually with characteristic chemical composition. For South America (Argentina) C. ambrosioides L., C. multifidum L., C. pumilio R. Br., and few other species were claimed as aromatic (Bonzani et al, 2003). In Europe, the most interesting is C. botrys L.
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