Essential Oil Composition of Three Globularia Species

Maja Crkvenčić; Slavica Dudaš; Igor Jerković; Zvonimir Marijanović; Danijela Poljuha; Kroata Hazler Pilepić

doi:10.1002/cbdv.201500062

Essential Oil Composition of Three Globularia Species

Chem Biodivers. 2016 Feb;13(2):219-23. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.201500062.

Authors

Maja Crkvenčić¹, Slavica Dudaš², Igor Jerković³, Zvonimir Marijanović⁴, Danijela Poljuha⁵, Kroata Hazler Pilepić⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Schrottova 39, HR-10000 Zagreb (phone: +385-1-4622896; fax: +385-1-4622895).
² Agricultural Department, Polytechnic of Rijeka, Karla Huguesa 6, HR-52440 Poreč
³ Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, N. Tesle 10/V, HR-21000 Split.
⁴ 'Marko Marulić' Polytechnic of Knin, P. Krešimira IV 30, HR-22300 Knin.
⁵ Department of Agriculture and Nutrition, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, HR-52440 Poreč
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Schrottova 39, HR-10000 Zagreb (phone: +385-1-4622896; fax: +385-1-4622895). khazler@pharma.hr.

PMID: 26880434
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201500062

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Globularia cordifolia L., G. meridionalis (Podp.) O.Schwarz, and G. punctata Lapeyr. was characterized by GC-FID and GC/MS analyses. Among the 33 identified compounds, the most abundant present in all investigated samples were oct-1-en-3-ol (2.9-47.0%), 6-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-3-methylcyclohex-2-enone (8.2-40.9%), and fukinanolid (7.4-31.6%). Multivariate statistical analyses (PCA and HCA) of the hitherto studied Globularia volatile compounds confirmed to some extent the assumed phylogenetic relationships of the Globularia species studied, including the close relationship between the morphologically similar species G. cordifolia and G. meridionalis, but also evidenced several discrepancies in the current classification of Globularia species.

Keywords: Chemotaxonomy; Essential oils; Globularia cordifolia; Globularia meridionalis; Globularia punctata; Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA); Principal component analysis (PCA).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Multivariate Analysis
Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry
Plantaginaceae / chemistry*
Principal Component Analysis

Substances

Oils, Volatile