Volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris growing wild in Sicily: chemotaxonomic volatile markers of the genus Pulicaria Gaertn

Antonella Maggio; Luana Riccobono; Vivienne Spadaro; Patrizia Campisi; Maurizio Bruno; Felice Senatore

doi:10.1002/cbdv.201400255

Volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris growing wild in Sicily: chemotaxonomic volatile markers of the genus Pulicaria Gaertn

Chem Biodivers. 2015 May;12(5):781-99. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.201400255.

Authors

Antonella Maggio¹, Luana Riccobono¹, Vivienne Spadaro¹, Patrizia Campisi¹, Maurizio Bruno², Felice Senatore³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STeBiCEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d'Orleans II, I-90128 Palermo, (phone: +39-091-23897531; fax: +39-091-596825).
² Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STeBiCEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Parco d'Orleans II, I-90128 Palermo, (phone: +39-091-23897531; fax: +39-091-596825). maurizio.bruno@unipa.it.
³ Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131 Naples.

PMID: 26010666
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201400255

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil isolated from the aerial parts of Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris was characterized by GC-FID and GC/MS analyses. The oil was particularly rich in oxygenated terpenoids. Among the oxygenated monoterpenes (content of 44.5%), the most abundant were borneol (23.7%), bornyl acetate (6.5%), and isothymol isobutyrate (6.2%). Caryophyllene oxide (10.2%), caryophylladienol I (4.3%), and caryophylla-3,8(13)-dien-5β-ol (4.4%) were identified as the main constituents among the oxygenated sesquiterpenes. Furthermore, a complete literature review on the composition of the essential oils of all the Pulicaria taxa studied so far was performed and a principal component analysis (PCA) was carried out.

Keywords: Chemotaxonomy; Essential oils; GC/MS Analysis; Monoterpenes; Principal-component analysis (PCA); Pulicaria sicula.

MeSH terms

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Molecular Structure
Oils, Volatile / analysis*
Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry*
Principal Component Analysis
Pulicaria / chemistry*
Sicily

Substances

Oils, Volatile