Chemical Composition of Essential Oil of Tripleurospermum parviflorum (Willd.) Pobed (Asteraceae) from Turkey

Abstract

The chemical composition of essential oil of Tripleurospermum parviflorum (Asteraceae) from Turkey was analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system. The yield of the oil is 0.3 mL/100 g. The essential oil composition of T. parviflorum was studied and 38 components representing 89.4 % of the total oil were identified. The main components of T. parviflorum were b-farnesene (18.4 %), b-sesquiphellandrene (10.1 %), carvacrol methyl ether (7.9 %) and benzene acetaldehyde (7.2 %). The chemical distribution of essential oil compounds of Tripleurospermum parviflorum was discussed as potential uses of this species as natural product.