Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of the Subterranean Parts of Valeriana alliariifolia

Short Report

JOURNAL 452

Records of Natural Products

VOLUME & ISSUE

Year: 2012 Issue: 1 January-March

PAGES

p.89 - 93

STATISTICS

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AUTHORS

Hilal Bardakci, Betul Demirci, Erdem Yesilada, Hasan Kirmizibekmez and Kemal Husnu Can Baser

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

of essential oil was obtained. The chemical composition of the oil was identified by using capillary Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC/MS simultaneously. In total 68 constituents were identified, representing 87.6 % of the total oil. The essential oil was dominated by isovaleric acid (28.6%), which is followed by δ-guaiane (7.2%), α-humulene (4.7%), hexadecanoic acid (4.3%), valeric acid (3.7%) and humulene epoxide-II (3.6%) as the major components.

KEYWORDS

Valeriana alliariifolia
essential oil
isovaleric acid
delta-guaiane
GC/MS