Research Article

Chemical composition of volatile extract from Inula aschersoniana Janka var. aschersoniana growing in Bulgaria

Authors

• • Milka Todorović
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
• • Antoaneta Trendafilova
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
• • Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile oil of Inula aschersoniana was studied by GC and GC-MS. Fortyfive constituents representing 92.9% of the total oil were detected. The oil contained fatty acids (55.2%) and alkanes (14.1%), followed by oxygenated monoterpenes (9.6%), sesquiterpenoids (7.1%) and aromatic compounds (4.5%). It is characterized by relatively low content of terpenoids in total 16.7% only of which linalool (2.1%) and t-cadinol (2.2%) were the dominant components in this class of compounds. Cluster analysis (CA) was used for determination of the relationship between the species in Inula verbascifolia aggregate.

Keywords: aschersoniana, volatile components, GC, GC-MS, CA

How to Cite: Todorović, M. , Trendafilova, A. & Dimitrov, D. (2017) “Chemical composition of volatile extract from Inula aschersoniana Janka var. aschersoniana growing in Bulgaria”, Lekovite Sirovine. 37(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.5937/leksir1737021t