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Chemical composition of the essential oils of Centaurea sicana and C. giardinae growing wild in Sicily

Carmen FormisanoVivienne SpadaroMaurizio BrunoSergio RosselliFelice SenatoreFrancesco Maria RaimondoDaniela Rigano

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Pharmacologyfood.ingredientbiologyChemistryPlant ScienceGeneral MedicineAsteraceaebiology.organism_classificationSicanalaw.inventionfoodComplementary and alternative medicineCaryophyllene oxideCentaurealawDrug DiscoveryBotanyCentaurea giardinaeChemical compositionEssential oilGermacrene D

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The essential oils of Centaurea sicana (S) and C. giardinae (G) were studied by GC and GC-MS. Thirty constituents for S, representing 81.5% of the total oil, and 24 compounds for G (94.2% of the total) were identified. The oils were rich in sesquiterpenoids (47.9% for S and 54.7% for G) and hydrocarbons (25.9% for S and 31.7% for G). Germacrene D (13.3%), ( E)-β-farnesene (8.3%), nonacosane (7.3%), heptacosane (6.5%) and phytol (6%) were recognized as the main constituents for S, while caryophyllene oxide (17.7%), nonacosane (14.5%), germacrene D (11.5%), caryophyllene (11.2%) and heptacosane (10.3%) were the main compounds for G.

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2008-06-01
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