Chemical composition of the essential oil of centaurium erythraea rafn (Gentianaceae) from Serbia / Olga Jovanovic in The journal of essential oil research, Vol. 21 N° 4 (Juillet/Août 2009)  

Chemical composition of the essential oil of centaurium erythraea rafn (Gentianaceae) from Serbia [texte imprimé] / Olga Jovanovic, Auteur ; Niko Radulovic, Auteur ; Gordana Stojanovic, Auteur . - pp. 317-322.
Génie Chimique
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in The journal of essential oil research > Vol. 21 N° 4 (Juillet/Août 2009) . - pp. 317-322

Mots-clés :	Centaurium erythraea Gentianaceae Essential oil composition Neophytadiene Carvacrol p-camphorene Erythrocentaurin
Index. décimale :	646
Résumé :	The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Centaurium erythraea Rafn obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Two hundred and thirty two constituents identified accounted for 93.4% of the total oil. The major components of the oil were: neophytadiene isomer III (10.1%), carvacrol (7.9%), p-camphorene (5.6%), hexadecanoic acid (4.9%) and thymol (4.2%). The terpenoid fraction represented more then one half of the oil (14.4% monoterpenoids, 18.7% sesquiterpenoids and 22.4% diterpenoids), while the fatty acids and fatty acid derived compounds made up a third, and the carotenoid derived compounds only ca. 5% of the oil. Erythrocentaurin, 5-formyl-2,3- dihydroisocoumarin, although a minor contributor (0.1%) of the oil, was identified for the first time in an oil sample.
DEWEY :	665
ISSN :	1041-2905
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