Essential Oils of Three Angelica L. Species Growing in France. Part II: Fruit Oils

Abstract

The essential oils obtained from fruits of three Angelica L. species growing in France were analyzed by GC/MS. The dominant component in the fruit oils of Angelica archangelica L. and A. heterocarpa Lloyd was β-phellandrene (64.9–76.0% and 39.0%, respectively), while the major component of A. sylvestris var. vulgaris Avé-Lallemant was limonene (56.1%). One result of this study was that numerous volatile components found have never before been described as constituents of the three Angelica species examined. The chemical analyses present numerous systematic markers for each species and bring together Angelica archangelica and A. heterocarpa. This study has led to the distinction of two chemotypes and one ecotype of Angelica archangelica subsp.sativa.

Key Word Index:

• Angelica archangelica ssp. archangelica
• Angelica archangelica ssp. litoralis
• Angelica sylvestris Var. vulgaris
• Angelica heterocarpa
• Apiaceae
• essential oil composition
• β-phellandrene
• limonene