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Essential Oil of Portenschlagiella ramosissima from Croatia, a Rich Source of Myristicin

Željan Maleš ; Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Schrottova 39, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Miško Plazibat ; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Franz Bucar orcid.org/0000-0002-7417-616X ; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 4/1, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Abstract

Isolation of the essential oil from the ripe fruits of Portenschlagiella ramosissima (Apiaceae) by hydrodistillation yielded 1.2 % (vol./w). By GC-FID and GC-MS analyses on fused silica capillaries with polar and non-polar stationary phases, respectively, 19 compounds representing 98.0 % of the total peak
area could be identified. Major constituents were γ-terpinene (41.0 %) followed by myristicin (25.3 %, 257.2 ± 2.70 mg per gram of oil) and p-cymene (14.5 %). As a conclusion, in the sample of P. ramosissima collected in Middle Dalmatia a high content of myristicin could be detected which is in contradiction to previous investigations by Harborne et al.

Keywords

Portenschlagiella ramosissima; esssential oil; fruits; chemical composition; myristicin; GC-MS

Hrčak ID:

45533

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45533

Publication date:

20.12.2009.

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