Detailed analysis of the essential oil from Cistus albidus L. by combination of GC/RI, GC/MS and 13C-NMR spectroscopy

Julien Paolini; Pierre Tomi; Antoine-François Bernardini; Pascale Bradesi; Joseph Casanova; Jacques Kaloustian

doi:10.1080/14786410701766083

Detailed analysis of the essential oil from Cistus albidus L. by combination of GC/RI, GC/MS and 13C-NMR spectroscopy

Nat Prod Res. 2008;22(14):1270-78. doi: 10.1080/14786410701766083.

Authors

Julien Paolini¹, Pierre Tomi, Antoine-François Bernardini, Pascale Bradesi, Joseph Casanova, Jacques Kaloustian

Affiliation

¹ Université de Corse, Equipe Chimie des Produits Naturels, Quartier Grossetti, BP 52, 20250 Corti, France. paolini@univ-corse.fr

PMID: 18932091
DOI: 10.1080/14786410701766083

Abstract

The composition of the essential oil of Cistus albidus (L.) obtained from plants growing wild in Provence (France) has been investigated using GC-RI (RI = retention indices), GC/MS and (13)C-NMR. Eighty-eight components were reported accounting for 81.8% of the essential oil. This essential oil was characterized by a high content of sesquiterpenes with alpha-zingiberene (12.8%), alpha-curcumene (7.7%), (E)-beta-caryophyllene (5.9%), alpha-cadinol (5.4%), alpha-bisabolol (4.1%), caryophyllene oxide (3.8%), allo-aromadendrene (3.4%), delta-cadinene (3.4%), and germacrene D (3.1%) being the main components.

MeSH terms

Chromatography, Gas / methods*
Cistus / chemistry*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
Mass Spectrometry / methods*
Oils, Volatile / chemistry*

Substances

Oils, Volatile