title: Comparative study on the chemical constituents of essential oils from different organs of the Sicilian Kundmannia (Kundmannia sicula L.) DC. (Apiaceae) growing spontaneously in Tunisia.
abstract: Essential oils from odorous and volatile compounds possessing several therapeutic benefits are considered of a paramount importance in everyday human life. This study deals with a comparative study of essential oils from different parts of an aromatic plant Kundmannia sicula (L.) DC. (Apiaceae) growing in Tunisia. The hydro-distilled essential oils of the leaves and inflorescences with mature seeds (IMS) of K. sicula were analysed for the first time by gas chromatography equipped with flame ionisation detector and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Fifty leaves and 47 IMS constituents were identified, accounting for 97.9% and 98.2% of the total oil, respectively. The major compounds identified from the leaves and IMS oils were isocurcumenol (9.9-10.1%), hexadecanoic acid (9.5-10.9%), spathulenol (6.9-3.4%), 10-epi-γ-eudesmol (6.3-5.5%), α-cubebene (5.9-6.1%) and trans-dihydro occidentalol (52-6.6%). The essential oil consists mainly of oxygenated monoterpenes (50.7-53.2%).
authors.affiliation: a Research Unit 12-04 , Applied Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir , 5000 , Monastir , Tunisia.
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Faidi
authors.forename: Ridha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Mokni
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Saoussen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammami
authors.forename: Mohamed Farouk
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: M'Henni
authors.forename: Zine
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mighri
mesh_terms: D019661:Apiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D012717:Sesquiterpenes
keywords: Apiaceae; GC–MS; Kundmannia sicula (L.) DC; essential oil composition; isocurcumenol