Volatile compounds from the aerial part and fruits of Grammosciadium pterocarpum Boiss. growing in Turkey

Abstract

Volatile constituents obtained from crushed fruits and aerial parts of Grammosciadium pterocarpum Boiss. (Apiaceae) by microdistillation were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) systems, simultaneously. Fifteen components comprising 99.5% of the volatile oil of the fruit and twenty components comprising 97.4% of the volatile oil of the aerial parts were identified. The main constituents of the fruit volatiles were found to be linalool (68.4%) and β-pinene (22.0%), whereas caryophyllene oxide (55.1%) and β-caryophyllene (15.3%) were found to be major constituents in the volatiles of the aerial parts.

Keywords:

• Grammosciadium pterocarpum
• Apiaceae
• volatiles composition
• caryophyllene oxide
• linalool

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported by the Gazi University Research Foundation [grant number 02/2012-24].