Chemical Composition and Interpopulation Variability of Essential Oils of Taxus baccata L. from Serbia
2016
Authors:
Marković, MilenaRistić, Mihailo
Popović, Zorica
Matić, Rada
Nikolić, Biljana
Vidaković, Vera
Obratov-Petković, Dragica
Bojović, Srđan
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Article (Published version)
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© 2016 Wiley‐VHCA AG, Zürich
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The composition of the essential oil of the twigs and needles of Taxus baccata L. from three natural populations in Serbia has been determined by GC/MS analysis. Of the 91 detected compounds, 87 were identified. The most abundant compound classes were aliphatic alcohols, terpenes, aliphatic hydrocarbons, and aliphatic aldehydes, which together comprised ca. 86.92% of the total oil composition. The dominant constituents were oct‐1‐en‐3‐ol (23.48%), (3Z)‐hex‐3‐en‐1‐ol (11.46%; aliphatic alcohols), and myrtenol (11.38%; oxygenated monoterpene). The PCA of 22 selected compounds revealed differentiations of populations based on geographic distribution. The CA showed that Populations I and II from the Dinaric Alps were similar, and that Population III from the Balkan mountain system was distinct. This was the first investigation of interpopulation variability of T. baccata populations based on essential oil composition. The results of this study were compared with those of previous studies concerning volatile compounds produced by Taxus species. The results indicate that the essential oil content of T. baccata populations from this study is unique, mostly resembling the population from southeast Serbia.
Keywords:
Taxus baccata; Essential oils; Principal component analysis; Dinaric Alps; BalkanSource:
Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2016, 13, 7, 943-953Funding / projects:
- Evaluation of ecophysiological and genetic plant diversity in forest ecosystems (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173011)
- Investigation on the medicinal plants: morphological, chemical and pharmacological characterisation (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173021)
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43007)
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201500326
ISSN: 1612-1880
PubMed: 27286568