Contents and chemical composition of essential oils from wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.)
Journal Title: Herba Polonica - Year 2009, Vol 55, Issue 3
Abstract
The qualitative and quantitative composition of essential oils obtained from whole leaves and inflorescences of two cultivars wild strawberry (΄Rugia` and ΄Baron von Solemacher` cv.) by means of steam and xylene distillation method, was compared. Material harvested at full flowering stage in 2008 and 2009 was subjected to study. Depending on a cultivar, air-dry inflorescences from wild strawberry contain from 0.21% (΄Baron von Solemacher` cv.) to 0.30% (΄Rugia` cv.), whereas leaves contains from 0.46% (΄Baron von Solemacher` cv.) to 0.62% (΄Rugia` cv.) of essential oils. GC/MS analysis of essential oils achieved from studied materials revealed presence of 70 (including 59 identified) compounds in leaves of ΄Rugia` cv. and 58 (including 50 identified) compounds in leaves of ΄Baron von Solemacher` cv. Essential oils from inflorescences of ΄Rugia` cv. contained 52 (including 47 identified), while ΄Baron von Solemacher` cv. contained 54 (including 46 identified) compounds. The chromatographic analyses by GC-MS revealed that myrthenol, nonal, linalool and phthalide dibuthyl dominated in essential oils obtained from leaves, while myrthenol, citronelol, linalool and geraniol – from those of inflorescences. There were qualitative differences between oil components at both studied materials and differentiation between both cultivars, as well.
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Agnieszka Najda, Magdalena Dyduch
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