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Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2015, 29(2), 327-330. ISSN 1011-3924
Printed in Ethiopia 2015 Chemical Society of Ethiopia
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v29i2.15
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: Azadi.B@iaups.ac.ir ; boshraazadi@yahoo.com
SHORT COMMUNICATION
VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF HAPLOPHYLLUM BUHSEI BOISS. FLOWERING
AERIAL PARTS
Boshra Azadi1* and Sepideh Khaef2
1Phytochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
(Received March 5, 2014; revised May 11, 2015)
ABSTRACT. The essential oil composition of flowering aerial parts of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. (Rutaceae)
from Iran was analyzed for the first time using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography–mass
spectrometry (GC–MS). Thirty six compounds comprising 92.2% of the total oil were characterized. The main
components were -caryophyllene (12.9%), limonene (9.7%), -pinene (7.9%), linalool (7.4%), α-pinene (6.4%)
and 1,8-cineole (5.5%). Volatile oil of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. flowering aerial parts was dominated by the
high content of monoterpene hydrocarbons (39.2%) and oxygenated monoterpenes (23.2%).
KEY WORDS: Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss., Rutaceae, Essential oil, -Caryophyllene, Limonene
INTRODUCTION
The genus Haplophyllum A. Juss. belongs to Rutaceae family and encompasses approximately
70 species which mainly distributed around the Mediterranean region of Europe and through
western Asia up to Siberia [1, 2]. Eighteen species of Haplophyllum A. Juss. genus are found in
Iran which among them nine species are endemic and Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. is one of
them [3].
Plants of Haplophyllum A. Juss. genus have long been used in folk medicine for toothache,
stomach and skin diseases, and in the treatment of some types of cancer. The extracts of some
Haplophyllum species exhibit cytotoxic activity [4]. This genus has been shown to possess
alkaloids, lignans, flavonoids, coumarins and essential oils with important biological properties
[5].
A thorough literature review revealed that volatile constituents of many species of the genus
Haplophyllum A. Juss. have been widely investigated in various regions from all over the world
[6-17] but to the best of our knowledge, there was no report on Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. and
in this article essential oil composition of this endemic species is informed for the first time.
EXPERIMENTAL
Plant material. Flowering aerial parts of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. were collected in May
2013 from Dalahu mountain (Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province, Iran).
Essential Oil Isolation. The air-dried crushed flowering aerial parts of Haplophyllum buhsei
Boiss. were subjected to hydrodistillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus for 4 hour. The
obtained essential oil was dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate and stored at 4-6 oC.
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GC and GC–MS analyses. Chemical composition of the volatile oil was investigated by gas
chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Haplophyllum
buhsei Boiss. oil was analyzed by GC–MS using a Hewlett-Packard 6890 gas chromatograph
with DB-5 capillary column (30 m х 0.25 mm; film thickness 0.25 μm). The carrier gas was
helium with a flow rate of l mL/min. The column temperature was programmed from 60 oC to
220 oC at 6 oC/min. The gas chromatograph was coupled to a Hewlett-Packard 5973 mass
selective detector. The MS was operated at 70 eV ionization energy. The retention indices were
calculated by using retention times of n-alkanes that were injected after the essential oil at the
same conditions. The components were identified by comparison of retention indices with those
reported in the literatures and also by comparison of their mass spectra with the published mass
spectra or Wiley library [18, 19]. Gas chromatography using flame ionization detection (GC–
FID) analysis was carried out under the same experimental conditions with the same column as
described for the GC–MS. The relative percentage of the identified compounds was computed
from the GC peak area without applying correction factors.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The dried flowering aerial parts of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. yielded 0.35% V/W of a pale
yellow volatile oil. Thirty six compounds comprising 92.2% of the total oil were detected which
are presented in Table 1.
Essential oil of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. flowering aerial parts was characterized by the high
amount of monoterpene hydrocarbons (39.2%) with limonene (9.7%), -pinene (7.9%), α-
pinene (6.4%), sabinene (4.6%) and myrcene (3.8%) as main components. Oxygenated
monoterpenes represented 23.2% of the volatile oil which dominated by linalool (7.4%) and 1,8-
cineole (5.5%). The sesquiterpene hydrocarbons fraction comprised 22.8% of the oil with -
caryophyllene (12.9%) as the abundant constituent. Oxygenated sesquiterpenes came up to 6.5%
and caryophyllene oxide (3.5%) constituted the major ingredient of this fraction.
Essential oil compositions of numerous species of Haplophyllum A. Juss. genus were previously
reported which depend on many factors such as genetic, geographic distribution, phenological
cycle, seasonal variation, plant organ and analytical method used. Volatile compounds that have
been most commonly reported from Haplophyllum species contain monoterpenoids (e.g.
linalool, α-pinene, -pinene, limonene, α-phellandrene, -phellandrene, α-terpineol, sabinene,
1,8-cineole and myrcene) and sesquiterpenoids (e.g. -caryophyllene, α-humulene, elemol,
caryophyllene oxide and -eudesmol) as the principle constituents in the most of them [6-17].
Regarding to our literature survey, there was no research on essential oil composition of
Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. and this study describes volatile oil isolation and identification of
this endemic species for the first time.
Table 1. The essential oil composition of Haplophyllum buhsei Boiss. aerial parts.
No. Compound RIa Content (%)
1 α-Pinene 937 6.4
2 α-Fenchene 951 0.9
3 Benzaldehyde 963 Trace
b
4 Sabinene 974 4.6
5 β-Pinene 979 7.9
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6 Myrcene 990 3.8
7 n-Decane 1000 0.3
8 α-Phellandrene 1005 2.9
9 p-Cymene 1025 0.4
10 Limonene 1028 9.7
11 1,8-Cineole 1030 5.5
12 (Z)-β-Ocimene 1034 1.8
13 γ-Terpinene 1061 0.8
14 Linalool 1100 7.4
15 α-Thujone 1105 1.5
16 Camphor 1145 2.8
17 Borneol 1165 0.3
18 α-Terpineol 1189 2.5
19 Carvone 1242 0.3
20 Linalyl acetate 1255 2.9
21 α-Ylangene 1372 0.9
22 α-Copaene 1376 0.8
23 β-Elemene 1391 2.7
24 β-Caryophyllene 1419 12.9
25 α-Humulene 1453 2.6
26 γ-Muurolene 1476 Trace
b
27 Bicyclogermacrene 1496 0.2
28 γ-Cadinene 1511 0.1
29 α-Cadinene 1536 2.6
30 Spathulenol 1576 1.3
31 Caryophyllene oxide 1582 3.5
32 β-Eudesmol 1649 1.7
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33 Tetradecanol 1670 0.1
34 Hexadecanoic acid 1692 Trace
b
35 Pentadecanal 1711 0.1
6 n-Pentadecanol 1777 Trace
b
aRetention indices; relative to n-alkane series on DB-5 capillary column. bTrace (<0.05%).
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