Essential oils composition of different Achillea santolina L. plant parts growing in Algeria

Tayeb Berramdane (1) , Nadhir Gourine (1) , Abdelghani Zitouni (2) , Isabelle Bombarda (3) , Mohamed Yousfi (4)

1 Université Amar Telidji - Laghouat
2 Laboratoire de Produits Bioactifs et Valorisation de la Biomasse
3 LISA - Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et Sciences Analytiques
4 ENISo - Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sousse

The essential oils (EOs) of leaves, flowers and stems of Achillea santolina L. (Asteraceae) collected at complete flowering stage from Southwest of Algeria, were isolated by hydrodistillation and subsequently analyzed by means of GC and GC/MS. Quantitative and qualitative differences in chemical compositions between the studied parts of this plant were observed. The EOs were rich in oxygenated monoterpenes (65.91–79.94%). The major constituents in the flowers, leaves and stems were: camphor (68.12, 65.17, 55.72%), 1,8-cineole (8.22, 4.77, 0.7%) and α-terpineol (2.84, 5.35, 2.76%). The highest EO yields were obtained for the leaves and the flowers (0.59 and 0.49% “v/w”, respectively), whereas, the stems were characterized by very weak yield value (0.05%).

Keywords: Achillea santolina L.; Essential oils; Leaves; Flowers; Stems; Camphor; Cineole

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Analytical chemistry

Tayeb Berramdane, Nadhir Gourine, Abdelghani Zitouni, Isabelle Bombarda, Mohamed Yousfi. Essential oils composition of different Achillea santolina L. plant parts growing in Algeria. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine, 2018, 18 (3), pp.265 - 269. ⟨10.1007/s13596-018-0322-1⟩. ⟨hal-01930273⟩