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The chemical composition of the aerial parts essential oil of Acinos alpinus subsp. nebrodensis (Lamiaceae) growing in Sicily (Italy)
Maurizio BrunoNatale BadalamentiAurora ModicaVincenzo IlardiFilippo Maggisubject
LamiaceaebiologyOrganic ChemistryPlant ScienceSesquiterpenebiology.organism_classificationBiochemistryAnalytical Chemistrylaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundAcinos alpinuschemotaxonomychemistryAcinos alpinus subsp. nebrodensisGenuslawChemotaxonomyAcinosBotanygermacrene DLamiaceaeThymolessential oilsEssential oildescription
Acinos is a small genus of economically important plants belonging to Lamiaceae family whose botanical collocation is quite problematic due to the disagreement among the botanists and the presence in literature of several names and synonyms from different sources. In the present study the chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of Acinos alpinus subsp. nebrodensis (Strobl) Brullo & Brullo collected in Central Sicily was analyzed by GC-MS. The result showed the presence of large quantity of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons with germacrene D (37.9%) as the most abundant component followed by (E)-β-caryophyllene (5.1%). Among the oxygenated monoterpenes thymol (8.3%) was the most abundant; good quantity of hexadecanoic acid (6.8%) was also observed. Chemotaxonomic considerations with respect all the other oils of Acinos taxa, studied so far, were carried out.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 |