title: Flowerhead volatile oil composition of soilless culture-grown Chrysanthemum balsamita L.
abstract: Hydrodistilled flowerhead volatile oil composition of soilless culture-grown Chrysanthemum balsamita L. was studied for its components by GC/MS. Thirty-one constituents were quantified, comprising 94.08% of the oil. Oxygenated monoterpenes (78%) and sesquiterpenes (sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated sesquiterpenes) (14.88%) were the major classes of identified components occurring in higher proportions. The predominant constituents of the volatile oil were carvone (52.01%), alpha-thujone (11.04%), (E)-beta-farnesene (3.91%), limonene (2.7%) and delta-cadinol (2.18%). Five sesquiterpenoidal components, namely gamma-gurjunene (1.74%), (Z, E)-farnesol (1.16%), delta-cadinene (1.14%), alpha-cedrene (1.11%) and beta-copaene-4-alpha-ol (0.44%) were identified for the first time from the volatile oil of costmary. Considering volatile oil components, the chemical profile of flowerhead volatile oil of soilless culture-grown C. balsamita L. was comparable with previously reported wild- and field- grown plants of C. balsamita L.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh 55181-83111, Iran. hassanpouraghdam@gmail.com
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hassanpouraghdam
mesh_terms: D031202:Chrysanthemum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007492:Iran; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000032:analysis; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D012717:Sesquiterpenes