Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Peucedanum ruthenicum M. Bieb. Leaves, Flowers and Fruits

authors:

avatar Sayyed Hamid Reza Alavi 1 , avatar Narges Yasa 1 , * , avatar Fatemeh Fouladi 1 , avatar Abbas Shafiee 2

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.5, issue 2; 143-147
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Research Article
received: March 21, 2004
accepted: September 21, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.667

how to cite: Alavi S H R, Yasa N, Fouladi F, Shafiee A. Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Peucedanum ruthenicum M. Bieb. Leaves, Flowers and Fruits. Iran J Pharm Res. 2006;5(2):e128277. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.667.

Abstract

The essential oils of Peucedanum ruthenicum M. Bieb. (Umbelliferae) leaves, flowers and fruits were prepared by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC-MS and the composition of the three essential oils were compared. Thirty-three, thirty-seven and thirty-one compounds were identified in leaves, flowers and fruits essential oils representing 89.13%, 88.66% and 76.45% of total oils respectively. The major components were thymol (18.29%), β-bisabulene (13.29%) for leaves oil, β-myrcene (10.68 %) and germacrene-B (10.06%) for flowers oil and caryophyllene oxide (13.65%), 8, 9-dehydroisolongifolene (11.33%) and 1, 8-cineol (11.15%) for fruits oil. The amounts of monoterpens and sesquiterpenes were found nearly to be equal in oils of the three parts of plant.