Composition of the Essential Oil of Peucedanum cervariifolium C.A. Mey. from Iran

Journal of Essential Oil Research: JEOR, Jul/Aug 2005 by Bazgir, Ayoob, Shaabani, Ahmad, Sefidkon, Fatemeh

Abstract

The water-distilled oil from the aerial parts of Peucedanum cervariifolium of Iranian origin was analyzed by a combination of GC and GC/MS. Twenty-eight components were identified, which approximately constituted 93.3% of the oil. The major constituents of the oil were α-guaiene (11.9%), γ-muurolene (7.4%), viridiflorene (10.9%), α-selinene (16.3%) and β-selinene (27.4%).

Key Word Index

Peucedanum cervariifolium, essential oil composition, α-guaiene, γ-muurolene, viridiflorene, α-selinene, β-selinene.

Plant Name

Peucedanum cervariifolium C.A. Mey. [syn. Peucedanum sintenisii H. Wolff, Cervaria cervariifolia (C.A. Mey.) M. Pimen].

Source

The plant material was collected from Mazandaran province at full flowering stage in July 2001. A voucher specimen has been deposited in the Herbarium of the Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Drug Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University.

Plant Part

Air-dried aerial parts of the plants (60 g) were subjected to hydrodistillation for 4 h using a Clevenger-type apparatus to produce oil in 0.11% yield.

Previous Work

To the best of our knowledge, the oil of P. cervariifolium has not been the subject of previous study. There are references about the fruit oil of P. oreoselinum (1,2) and chemical constituents of P. wawarii (Wolff) Su root (3).

Present Work

The oil was analyzed using a combination of capillary GC and GC/MS. The GC (9A-Shimadzu) and GC/MS (Varian 3400), column (DB-I, 60 m x 0.25 mm, fused silica capillary column, film thickness 0.25 µm) by temperature program 50°-240°C at a rate of 4°C/min (injector temperature: 260°C, carrier gas: helium). EI mass spectra were measured of 70 eV ionization voltage over the mass range 40-340. The constituents were identified by matching their mass spectra and retention indices with those recorded in the Saturn Data system, and quantitative data were obtained based on peak area of GC by normalization method without considering the response factors.

The chemical composition of the aerial parts oil of P. cervariifolium can be seen in Table I. The main components of the oil were α-guaiene (11.9%), γ-muurolene (7.4%), viridiflorene (10.9%), α-selinene(16.3%) and β-selinene (27.4 %).

Acknowledgement

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Research Council and Medicinal Plant Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University.

References

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2. A. L. Sevarda, G. A. Kuznetsova, S. Pavlovic and R. Jancic, Quantity and composition of essential oil in the plant parts of P. oreoselinum. Moench. Arh. Farm., 32, 121-124 (1982).

3. W. Xian-Li, K. Ling-Yi and M. Zhi-Da, The chemical constituents of P. wawarii (Wolff) Su root. Zhiwu Ziyuan Yu Huanjing., 9, 6-8 (2000) (Chem. AbSt. 2000, 133, 263834X).

Ayoob Bazgir

Chemistry Department, Shahid Beheshti University, P.O. Box 19395-4716, Tehran, Iran

Ahmad Shaabani*

Department ofPhytochemistry, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Drug Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, P.O. Box 19396-4716, Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Sefidkon

Research Institue of Forest and Rangelands, P.O. Box 13185-116, Tehran, Iran

* Address for correspondence

Received: April 2002

Revised: July 2002

Accepted: September 2002

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