title: Essential oil composition and enantiomeric distribution of fenchone and camphor of Lavandula cariensis and L. stoechas subsp. stoechas grown in Greece.
abstract: The essential oils from leaves and inflorescences of L. cariensis Boiss. and L. stoechas L. subsp. stoechas collected in Greece were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. In the inflorescences and leaves essential oils of L. cariensis the most abundant metabolite was camphor (51.8, 48.8% respectively), whereas in the essential oils of L. stoechas subsp. stoechas, the main constituents were fenchone (39.9, 21.0% respectively) and camphor (24.2, 26.3% respectively). Both enantiomers of camphor were present, whereas only (+) fenchone was detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. tzakou@pharm.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tzakou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bazos
authors.forename: Artemios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yannitsaros
mesh_terms: D001892:Camphanes; D002164:Camphor / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005054:Eugenol / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006115:Greece; D027523:Lavandula / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D009636:Norbornanes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001892:Camphanes; D009636:Norbornanes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; C027327:fenchone; D005054:Eugenol; D002164:Camphor