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Distribution Profile of Volatile Constituents in Different Parts of Astrodaucus orientalis (L.) Drude

Hossein Nazemiyeh, Seyed M. Razavi, Abbas Delazar, Solmaz Asnaashari, Nazanin S. Khoi, Samira Daniali, Lutfun Nahar and Satyajit D. Sarker

Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of  Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Drug Discovery and Design Research Division, Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, MA Building, Wulfruna Street,

Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, England, UK

Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, MM Building, Molineux Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, England, UK

Abstract: The volatile oils of stem, umbels, fruits and roots of Astrodaucus orientalis (L.) Drude (Apiaceae) growing wild in Iran were obtained by hydro-distillation and analyzed by GC-MS. The main components of the oils from the stem were sabinene (23.1%), a -pinene (16.4%) and fenchyl-acetate (7.5%). Sabinene (25.6%), b -pinene (22.3%) and a -copaene (16.1%) were the main constituents of the volatile oils of the fruits. While a -copanene (26.1%), b- pinene (15.3%) and sabinene (13.7%) were the major components of the volatile oils of the umbels (flowers), that of the roots were mainly composed of anisole (37.9%), bornyl acetate (36.9%) and geranyl tiglate (11.4%).

Keywords: Astrodaucus orientalis ; Apiaceae; volatile oils; GC-MS.