Composition of the Volatile Components Extracted from the Roots of Scorzonera undulata ssp deliciosa (Guiss) Maire: From Algeria

Brahim Harkati, Salah Akkal, Marie Genevieve Dijoux Franca

Département de Botanique et Pharmacognosie, Faculté de Pharmacie—Ecologie Microbienne, CESN, ISPB, Lyon, France.
Laboratoire de Phytochimie et Analyses Physicochimiques et Biologiques, Département de Chimie, Faculté de Sciences Exactes, Université Mentouri Constantine, Constantine, Algérie.

DOI: 10.4236/gsc.2012.22010                

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile components of the dried roots of Scorzonera undulata ssp deliciosa collected from Algeria was determined by GC and GC/MS. The obtained results showed that the extracted oil contained nine fatty acids. The major compounds were hexadecanoic acid (42.2%), n-tetradecanoic acid (16.1%), 9-octadecenoic acid (7.7%) and 9-hexadecenoic acid (4.5%).

Keywords

Asteraceae; Scorzonera undulata ssp deliciosa; Essential Oil; Fatty Acids; GC-MS

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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