Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Three Endemic Species of Anthemis Sect. Hiorthia (DC.) R.Fern. Growing Wild in Sicily and Chemotaxonomic Volatile Markers of the Genus Anthemis L.: An Update. Issue 4 (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maggio, Antonella; Riccobono, Luana; Spadaro, Vivienne; Scialabba, Anna; Bruno, Maurizio; Senatore, Felice
• Is Part Of: Chemistry & biodiversity. Volume 11:Issue 4(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: 652
• Page End: 672
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; Biodiversity -- Periodicals; 572
• DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201300372
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1612-1872

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The chemical composition of the essential oils isolated from the aerial parts of <italic>Anthemis pignattiorum</italic><sc>Guarino, Raimondo & Domina</sc> and <italic>A. ismelia</italic><sc>Lojac</sc>. and the aerial parts and flowers of <italic>Anthemis cupaniana</italic><sc>Tod</sc>. ex <sc>Nyman</sc>, three endemic Sicilian species belonging to the section <italic>Hiorthia</italic>, was determined by GC‐FID and GC/MS analyses. (<italic>Z</italic>)‐Muurola‐4(14), 5‐diene (27.3%) was recognized as the main constituent of the <italic>A. pignattiorum</italic> essential oil, together with isospathulenol (10.6%), sabinene (7.7%), and artemisyl acetate (6.8%), while in the oil obtained from the aerial parts of <italic>A. ismelia</italic>, geranyl propionate (8.8%), bornyl acetate (7.9%), <italic>β</italic>‐thujone (7.8%), neryl propionate (6.5%), and <italic>τ</italic>‐muurolol (6.5%) prevailed. <italic>α</italic>‐Pinene was the main compound of both the aerial part and flower oils of <italic>A. cupaniana</italic> (18.4 and 13.2%, resp.). Also noteworthy are the considerable amounts of artemisyl acetate (12.7%) and <italic>β</italic>‐thujone (11.8%) found in the oil from the aerial parts and those of tricosane (9.8%) and sabinene (7.6%) evidenced in the flower oil. Furthermore, an update on the main compounds identified in the essential oils of all the <italic>Anthemis</italic> taxa studied so far was presented, and cluster analyses were carried out, to compare the essential oils of these taxa.</p> </abstract>