title: Composition of essential oil of aerial parts of Chamomilla suaveolens from Estonia.
abstract: Variations in the essential oil composition of aerial parts of pineapple weed (Chamomilla suaveolens (Pursh) Rydb.) growing wild in Estonia, were determined using GC/FID and GC/MS. Forty-four components were identified, representing over 90% of the total oil. Nine compounds have not been mentioned in the literature before. The principal biologically active compounds in C. suaveolens oils were (Z)-en-yne-dicycloether (17.0-40.7%), (E)-beta-farnesene (19.5-32.2%), geranyl isovaleriate (8.4-18.4%), palmitic acid (0.3-9.4%) and myrcene (1.1-7.9%). The investigation seems to approve the benefit of using aerial parts of pineapple weed as the substitute for flowers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orav
authors.forename: Janne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sepp
authors.forename: Tiiu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kailas
authors.forename: Mati
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müürisepp
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arak
authors.forename: Ain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raal
mesh_terms: D004957:Estonia; D031168:Matricaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile