Publication: Essential oils of six echinophora species from Turkey
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Baser, K.H.C.
Kürkcüoğlu, M.
Malyer, H.
Bıçakçı, A.
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Dried aerial parts of Echinophora species growing in Turkey, namely, E. tenuifolia L. subsp. sihthorpiana (Guess.) Tutin, E. tournefortii Jaub. et Spach., E. orientalis Hedge et Lamond, E. chrysantha Freyn et Sint. (endemic), E. trichophylla J. E. Smith (endemic) and E. carvifolia Boiss. et Bal (endemic) were water distilled and the oils were analyzed by GC/MS. The oil of E. tenuifolia subsp. sihthorpiana contained α-phellandrene (15.5%), p-cymene (11.0%) and methyl eugenol (58.7%); the oil of E. tournefortii contained α-pinene (9.6%) and caryophyllene oxide (12.8%); the oil of E. chrysantha contained α-phellandrene (47.7%) and β-phellandrene (8.2%); the oil of E. trichophylla contained sabinene (27.3%) and 2,6-dimethyl-1,3(E),5(E),7-octatetraene (13.7%) the oil of E. carvifolia contained β-caryophyllene (5.3%) and germacrene D (31.1%) and the oil of E. orientalis contained myrcene (34.2%) and p-cymene (18.9%) as major components. © 1998, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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α-phellandrene, Umbelliferae, Sabinene, P-cymene, Methyl eugenol, Germacrene D, Essential oil composition, Echinophora trichophylla, Echinophora tournefortii, Echinophora tenuifolia ssp. sihthorpiana, Echinophora orientalis, Echinophora chrysantha, Echinophora carvifolia, Caryophyllene oxide, 2,6-dimethyloctatetraene