Fethia Harzallah-Skhiri
Laboratoire de Biologie V egetale et Botanique,
Ecole Superieure d Horticulture et d Elevage de Chott-Meriem, 4042, Sousse, Tunisie
Imed Cheraif
Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et de Synthese Organique, (UR/99112-26),
Facult6 des Sciences de Monastir, 5019 Monastir, Tunisie
Hichem Ben Jannet
Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et de Synthese Organique, (UR/99112-26),
Facult6 des Sciences de Monastir, 5019 Monastir, Tunisie
Mohamed Hammami
USCR de Spectrometrie de Masse, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Faculte de Medecine, 5019 Monastir, Tunisie
ABSTRACT
This study lies within the scope of the valorisation of medicinal and aromatic plants of the Tunisian flora in the aim to find novel bioactive natural products. The essential oil constituents from the aerial part without flowers (stems and leaves), flowers and roots of Inula graveolens (L.) Desf., syn. Dittrichia graveolens (Desf.) Greuter, gathered in the area of Monastir (Tunisia) have been studied by GC-FID and GC-MS. Remarkable differences were found between the constituent percentages of the different studied organs. The most important compounds from the aerial part without flowers were τ-cadinol (9.2%), borneol (21.4%), bornyl acetate (33.4%). In the flowers oil, the main components found were Camphene (5.5%), τ-cadinol (11.3%), borneol (19.3%), bornyl acetate (39.6%). The major constituents in the oil roots were found to be carvone (5.0%), bornyl acetate (5.3%), p-mentha-1(7), 2-dien-8-ol (5.3%), β-selinene (11.5%) and a non identified compound (n°85, 22.2%). A comparison of these data with previous results reported in the literature showed surprising differences.
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Fethia Harzallah-Skhiri, Imed Cheraif, Hichem Ben Jannet and Mohamed Hammami, 2005. Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Leaves-stems, Flowers and Roots
of Inula graveolens from Tunisia. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 249-254.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.249.254
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.249.254
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.249.254
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.249.254