Essential oil composition and enantiomeric distribution of fenchone and camphor of Lavandula cariensis and L. stoechas subsp. stoechas grown in Greece

Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Aug;4(8):1103-6.

Abstract

The essential oils from leaves and inflorescences of L. cariensis Boiss. and L. stoechas L. subsp. stoechas collected in Greece were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. In the inflorescences and leaves essential oils of L. cariensis the most abundant metabolite was camphor (51.8, 48.8% respectively), whereas in the essential oils of L. stoechas subsp. stoechas, the main constituents were fenchone (39.9, 21.0% respectively) and camphor (24.2, 26.3% respectively). Both enantiomers of camphor were present, whereas only (+) fenchone was detected.

MeSH terms

  • Camphanes
  • Camphor / isolation & purification
  • Eugenol / isolation & purification
  • Greece
  • Lavandula / chemistry*
  • Lavandula / growth & development
  • Norbornanes / isolation & purification
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry
  • Oils, Volatile / isolation & purification*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Camphanes
  • Norbornanes
  • Oils, Volatile
  • fenchone
  • Eugenol
  • Camphor