title: Composition of diethyl ether flower extracts of Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton (caprifoliaceae).
abstract: GC and GC-MS analyses of two diethyl ether extracts of Lonicera fragrantissima flowers (extraction times 1 and 20 days) enabled the identification of 61 components that represented ca. 90% of the extract volatiles. 10-Nonacosanol (18.1-24.1%), nonacosane (14.4-15.0%) and the rather rare long-chained fatty acid hexyl esters (octadecanoate, eicosanoate, docosanoate, tetracosanoate, hexacosanoate, octacosanoate and triacontanoate, in total 19.1-19.5%) were among the main constituents of both extracts. However, a number of differences were observed in the chemical composition of the 1 and 20 day extracts, the relative percentage of the iridoid loganetin being the most striking (19.1 and 2.1%, respectively). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the GC behavior of loganetin. It seems that this and the long-chain fatty acid hexyl esters could have chemotaxonomic significance at the generic level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Nis, Visegradska 33, 18000 Nis, Serbia. vangelis0703@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Niko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Radulović
authors.forename: Polina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blagojević
authors.forename: Radosav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palić
mesh_terms: D004952:Esters / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D004986:Ether; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D031239:Lonicera / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012997:Solvents; D004986:Ether