Content of essential oil obtained from flower heads of Echinacea purpurea L. and identification of selected components
2005
Holla, M. | Vaverkova, S. | Farkas, P. | Tekel, J.,Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovak Republic)
Hydrodistilled essential oil from flower heads of Echinacea purpurea (l.) Moench cultivated in Slovakia was analysed by gC/MS method. Seventy-two components were identified and determined. as a result of studying the content and composition of the essential oil obtained from flower heads of E purpurea it was established that the content of the essential oil was 1.85 percent (v/w) of the weight of dry material. The main components in the studied samples were palmitic acid, alpha-pinene, germacrene-D, beta-pinene, and alpha-phelandrene. The main components of the analysed oil were palmitic acid (8.3 percent), nerolidol (6.6 percent), alpha-pinene (5.1 percent), germacrene-D (4.8 percent), alpha-phelandrene (4.3 percent), and beta-pinene (4.1 percent)
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