Chemical composition of the essential oil of Ononis angustissima (Lam.) Batt. et Trab

Abstract

International audienceThe chemical composition of the essential oil of Ononis angustissima (Lam.) Batt. et Trab. was analysed by GC and GC–MS, the identified components constituting 78.8% of the oil. The main constituents were anethol (2.4%), alpha-copaene (2.4%), beta-selinene (2.7%), tridecan-2-one (2.2%), valencene (5.0%), alpha-muurolene (1.2%), gamma-cadinene (3.4%), delta-cadinene (5.0%), (E)-nerolidol (1.5%), 1,10-diepicubenol (3.1%), 10-epi-alpha-cadinol (4.1%), beta-eudesmol (7.5%), Z,Z-farnesol (8.8%), 6,10,14-trimethyl-pentadecan-2-one (3.0%), trans-phytol (17.4%). This essential oil was not previously investigated