Variability of two essential oils of Kundmannia sicula (L.) DC., a traditional Algerian medicinal plant

Molecules. 2008 Apr 8;13(4):812-7. doi: 10.3390/molecules13040812.

Abstract

The essential oils of the aerial parts of Kundmannia sicula (L.) DC collected from two Algerian localities, El Kala (near the coast) and Béjaia (from a meadow about 10 km from the coast), were analysed by GC and GC-MS. Although both samples showed similar overall chemical compositions, the major components of the Béjaia sample were identified as being spathulenol (14.8%), caryophyllene oxide (12.2%), salvial-4(14)en-1-one (10.1%), 1,5-epoxysalvial-4(14)ene (5.2%) and germacrene D (3.2%), while in the ElKala sample the main compounds were found to be salvial-4(14)en-1-one (16.4%), 1,5-epoxysalvial-4(14)ene (6.5%), chrysanthenyl acetate (5.2%) and alpha-amorphene (2.9%).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algeria
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Oils, Volatile