The Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Angelica archangelica L. Roots Growing Wild in Lithuania

Abstract

The roots of Angelica archangelica L. were collected in three habitats (12 samples) in 1995–2002. The oils were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The dominant component was α-pinene (15.7–20.8%) for two localities. Other three main constituents were δ-3-carene (15.4–16.9%), limonene (8.0–9.2%), sabinene (5.0–7.5%) for the first locality, and δ-phel-landrene (13.5–15.4%), δ-3-carene (13.2–14.2%) and α-phellandrene (8.0–9.1%) for the second locality. The dominant oil components in the third locality were β-phellandrene (13.8–18.5%) together with α-pinene (11.4–15.0%), δ-3-carene (10.8–11.9%), α-cymene (6.8–10.6%) and α-phellandrene (5.9–8.6%). The oils contained 67.3–79.9% monoterpenoids (monoterpene hydrocarbons made up 60.2–72.6%), 9.6–19.4% sesquiterpenoids, 3.9–6.3% macrocyclic lactones and 1.2–5.3% coumarin osthol. Identified compounds (81 from 96) made up 91.4–99.2% of the oils.

Key Word Index:

• Angelica archangelica
• Apiaceae
• angelica root
• essential oil composition
• α-pinene
• δ-3-carene
• β-phellandrene
• p-cymene