Essential oils of Tordylium pestalozzae Boiss., Tordylium pustulosum Boiss. and Tordylium lanatum (Boiss.) Boiss. (Umbelliferae) growing wild in Turkey

Abstract

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from fruits of Tordylium pestalozzae Boiss., Tordylium pustulosum Boiss. and Tordylium lanatum (Boiss.) Boiss. (Umbelliferae) were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. In total, 47 compounds were characterized, representing 95.9% of T pestalozzae oil, 30 compounds were characterized, representing 98.3% of T pustulosum oil and 38 compounds were characterized, representing 97.2% of the oil of T lanatum. The main constituents were octyl hexanoate (56.0%), octyl octanoate (15.7%), octanol (14.5%) and hexadecanoic acid (6.0%) in T pestalozzae; octyl hexanoate (68.8%), octyl 2-methylbutyrate (17.8%) and octanol (4.2%) in T pustulosum; and octyl hexanoate (58.8%) and octanol (21.5%) in the oils of T lanatum.