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Essential oil compositions of Teucrium fruticans, T. scordium subsp. scordioides and T. siculum growing in Sicily and Malta

Sergio RosselliFilippo MaggiMaurizio BrunoNatale BadalamentiVincenzo IlardiRossella Gagliano Candela

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Teucrium ssp.Organic ChemistryVolatile componentsSettore CHIM/06 - Chimica OrganicaPlant ScienceBiology1-Octen-3-olbiology.organism_classificationBiochemistryAnalytical Chemistrylaw.inventionChemotaxonomyTeucrium(E)-β-CaryophylleneCaryophyllene oxidelawBotanyTeucrium scordiumSettore BIO/15 - Biologia FarmaceuticaGermacrene DEssential oilGermacrene D

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In the present study, the chemical composition of the essential oils from the aerial parts of Teucrium fruticans L. collected in Sicily and Malta, Teucrium scordium subsp. scordioides (Schreb.) Arcang. and Teucrium siculum (Raf.) Guss., collected in Sicily, were evaluated by GC-MS. The main volatile components of both T. fruticans collections were germacrene D (29.4% and 50.0%), (E)-β-caryophyllene (19.6% and 21.9%), and 1-octen-3-ol (19.7% and 7.4%); T. scordium subsp. scordioides essential oil was rich in caryophyllene oxide (25.8%), α-pinene (19.4%) and β-pinene (8.5%); T. siculum essential oil was rich in (E)-β-caryophyllene (30.9%), 1-octen-3-ol (9.0%), α-humulene (8.6%) and germacrene D (8.0%). The chemotaxonomic relationship with other members of the respective botanical sections was discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-03-11Natural Product Research
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2019.1709193