Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran
Background: Essential oils contain a large variety of volatile secondary metabolites such as terpenes, terpenoides, phenolic and aliphatic derivative. Nowadays, These compounds extensively used in Pharmaceutical , sanitary and cosmetic industries. Antimicrobial activity of these oils and their compo...
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| description | Background: Essential oils contain a large variety of volatile secondary metabolites such as terpenes, terpenoides, phenolic and aliphatic derivative. Nowadays, These compounds extensively used in Pharmaceutical , sanitary and cosmetic industries. Antimicrobial activity of these oils and their components such as α-pinene and β-pinene, the main essential oil constituent of some Hypericum spp., have been reported.
Objective: This study was conducted to identify the constituents of essential oil in three Hypericum species in Iran to compare differences among their major volatile constituents.
Methods: Essential oils were extracted by hydro-distillation of fresh plant materials using Clevenger apparatus. The essential oils were analyzed by both gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography −mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Results: Monoterpens were found as the major constituent of essential oil in H. perforatum L. and H. patulum Thunb . However, n-alkans were the major constituent of the oil in
H. tetrapterum Frise . In this study, α-Pinene (21.88%) was found to be the most abundant compound in the H. perforatum whilst β- Pinene (30.20%) and n-undecane (30.84%) were the main constituents of H. patulum and H. tetrapterum essential oils respectively.
Conclusion: In this study, we found that the different plant species made a remarkable difference in the essential oil constituents. In this study the most component of essential oils of H. perforatum and H. patulum were α-Pinene and β-Pinene respectively and this component can be make them promising for treatment of infectious diseases such as infectious endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f8b61fcc11e427db4ac7c7b5218ee152022-12-21T18:59:02ZengInstitue of Medicinal Plants, ACECRJournal of Medicinal Plants2717-204X2717-20582012-05-0111422331Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from IranMR Morshedloo0A Ebadi1MR Fatahi Moghaddam2D Yazdani3 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran, P.O.Box: 31375/1369, Tel: +98 – 26 – 34764010 - 19, Fax: +98 – 26 - 34764021 Background: Essential oils contain a large variety of volatile secondary metabolites such as terpenes, terpenoides, phenolic and aliphatic derivative. Nowadays, These compounds extensively used in Pharmaceutical , sanitary and cosmetic industries. Antimicrobial activity of these oils and their components such as α-pinene and β-pinene, the main essential oil constituent of some Hypericum spp., have been reported. Objective: This study was conducted to identify the constituents of essential oil in three Hypericum species in Iran to compare differences among their major volatile constituents. Methods: Essential oils were extracted by hydro-distillation of fresh plant materials using Clevenger apparatus. The essential oils were analyzed by both gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography −mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results: Monoterpens were found as the major constituent of essential oil in H. perforatum L. and H. patulum Thunb . However, n-alkans were the major constituent of the oil in H. tetrapterum Frise . In this study, α-Pinene (21.88%) was found to be the most abundant compound in the H. perforatum whilst β- Pinene (30.20%) and n-undecane (30.84%) were the main constituents of H. patulum and H. tetrapterum essential oils respectively. Conclusion: In this study, we found that the different plant species made a remarkable difference in the essential oil constituents. In this study the most component of essential oils of H. perforatum and H. patulum were α-Pinene and β-Pinene respectively and this component can be make them promising for treatment of infectious diseases such as infectious endocarditis.http://jmp.ir/article-1-428-en.htmlh. perforatumh. tetrapterumh. patulumessential oilmonoterpensα - pineneβ- pineneundecane |
| spellingShingle | MR Morshedloo A Ebadi MR Fatahi Moghaddam D Yazdani Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran Journal of Medicinal Plants h. perforatum h. tetrapterum h. patulum essential oil monoterpens α - pinene β- pinene undecane |
| title | Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran |
| title_full | Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran |
| title_short | Evaluation of Essential Oil Composition in Three Species of Hypericum from Iran |
| title_sort | evaluation of essential oil composition in three species of hypericum from iran |
| topic | h. perforatum h. tetrapterum h. patulum essential oil monoterpens α - pinene β- pinene undecane |
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