Essential oil composition of Pterospartum tridentatum grown in Portugal

A. Clara Grosso, Monya M. Costa, Luisa Ganço, Ana L. Pereira, Generosa Teixeira, José M.G. Lavado, Anna Cristina Figueiredo, José G. Barroso, Luis G. Pedro

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Abstract

The essential oils, isolated by hydrodistillation and distillation-extraction, from the aerial parts of different populations of Pterospartum tridentatum collected during the flowering phase, at different locations in Portugal, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. All the P. tridentatum populations studied afforded a yellowish oil in a yield <0.05% (v/w). cis-Theaspirane (2-14%), trans-theaspirane (2-17%) and octen-3-ol (2-37%) were, in variable amounts, the dominant components of the oils. Cluster analysis of the essential oil compositions from the nine populations studied, confirmed a major chemical variability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1083-1088
Number of pages6
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume102
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Essential oil
  • Fabaceae
  • GC
  • GC-MS
  • Leguminosae
  • Pterospartum tridentatum L. Willk.
  • Theaspiranes

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