Chaerophyllum aureum L. Volatiles: Composition, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity

The present study reports the chemical composition on the essential oil of fresh flowering aerial parts and headspace (HS) volatiles obtained from fresh stem and flower of Chaerophyllum aureum L. For hydrodistilled oil, 45 components were identified representing 99.1 % of the total, while 23 components, representing 99.9 % of total HS stem volatiles and 25 components, representing 99.9 % of total HS flower volatiles were found using GC and GC/MS method. The main constituents of C. aureum hydrodistilled oil, stem and flower HS volatiles were: sabinene (40.8 %, 53.5 %, 58.5 %) and terpinolene (19.1 %, 23.8 %, 11.2 %) respectively. The results of antibacterial assay showed that the essential oil was not active at concentration of 3 and 5 mg per disk. Also, the examined oil was almost inactive in applied antioxidant assays.