Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1998 |
Authors: | M. Corticchiato, Tomi, F., Bernardini, A., Casanova, J. |
Journal: | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 8 |
Pagination: | 915 - 932 |
Date Published: | 1998/12// |
Keywords: | 13C NMR, Carvone, Cis-dihydrocarvone, Essential oil, Infraspecific variability, Lamiaceae, Thymus herba barona Lois. |
Abstract: | The composition of the essential oils of individual plants of Thymus herba barona Lois. growing wild in Corsica was investigated by GC, GC/MS an carbon-13 NMR. Eight groups of essential oil were distinguished: (i) thymol, (ii) carvacrol; (iii) linalool, (iv) geraniol, (v) alpha-terpenyl acetate, (vi) terpinen-4-ol, (vii) carvone and cis-dihydrocarvone. Three chemotypes -thymol, carvacrol and linalool - are common in the genus Thymus, two others - geraniol, a-terpenyl acetate - are scarce, while the latest three ones - terpinen-4-ol, carvone and cis-dihydrocarvone are quite original. It is the first time that the cis-dihydrocarvone chemotype is described in the genus Thymus. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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