GC/MS analysis and analgesic effect of the essential oil of Matricaria pubescens from Algeria

Naima Boutaghane; Ahmed Kabouche; Rachid Touzani; Yousriya Ahmad Maklad; Aida El-Azzouny; Christian Bruneau; Zahia Kabouche

GC/MS analysis and analgesic effect of the essential oil of Matricaria pubescens from Algeria

Nat Prod Commun. 2011 Feb;6(2):251-2.

Authors

Naima Boutaghane¹, Ahmed Kabouche, Rachid Touzani, Yousriya Ahmad Maklad, Aida El-Azzouny, Christian Bruneau, Zahia Kabouche

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Obtention de Substances Thérapeutiques (L.O.S.T), Faculté des Sciences, Université Mentouri - Constantine, Campus Chaabat Ersas, 25000 Constantine, Algérie.

PMID: 21425687

Abstract

The essential oil of Matricaria pubescens (Asteraceae) collected at Ghardaia (Algerian Septentrional Sahara) was studied by GC and GC-MS. Isochrysanthemic acid ethyl ester (26.5%), spathulenol (19.4%), alpha-cadinol (12.9%) and geranylisovalerate (8.2%), were identified as the major components of the essential oil, which was investigated for its analgesic effect.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Algeria
Analgesics / pharmacology*
Animals
Female
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods*
Male
Matricaria / chemistry*
Mice
Oils, Volatile / analysis*
Oils, Volatile / pharmacology*

Substances

Analgesics
Oils, Volatile