Research Article

Essential Oil Constituents of Tanacetum cilicicum: Antimicrobial and Phytotoxic Activities

Table 1

Main components in the essential oil of some Tanacetum sp.

Tanacetum sp.EO yield and main componentsReferences

T. sorbifoliumEO yield: 0.85%
Main components: camphor (54.3), pinocarvone (5.1), chrysanthenone (4.7), bornyl acetate (3.9), camphene (3.4), β-pinene (2.8)
[13]

T. argenteum subsp. flabellifoliumEO yield: 0.36%
Main components: α-pinene (29.1), (E)-sesquilavandulol (15.9), camphor (14.0), (E)-lavandulyl acetate (4.9), terpinen-4-ol (3.1), β-caryophyllene (3.1)
[15]

T. aucheranumEO yield: 0.15%
Main components: 1,8-cineole (23.8), camphor (11.6), terpinen-4-ol (7.2), α-terpineol (6.5), borneol (3.8), (E)-thujone (3.2), epi-α-cadinol (3.1), artemisia ketone (3.0)
[16]

T. chiliophyllumEO yield: 0.22%
Main components: camphor (17.9), 1,8-cineole (16.6), borneol (15.4), dihydro-α-cyclogeranyl pentanoate (3.0), dihydro-α-cyclogeranyl hexanoate (10.1)
[16]

T. alyssifoliumMain components: borneol (35.2), α-thujone (24.6), camphor (12.4), β-eudesmol (6.1), 1,8-cineole (4.8), thymol (4.1), β-thujone (3.3)[23]

T. balsamita subsp. balsamitaMain components: trans-chrysanthenol (22.3), chrysanthenyl acetate (19.7), linalool oxide (11.5), 2H-pyran-3(4H)-one (9.7), camphor (7.5), 1,8-cineole (2.7)[14]

T. chiliophyllum var. chiliophyllumMain components: camphor (28.5), 1,8-cineole (17.1), camphene (7.1), isobornyl propionate (5.4), carveol (4.5), benzene, 1-methyl-2 (2.9)[14]

T. nitensMain components: 1,8-cineole (27.57), α-pinene (4.62), trans-verbenol (4.34), spathulenol (4.14), trans-pinocarveol (4.13), 3-cyclohexzan-1-ol (3.81), α-terpineol (3.68), caryophyllene oxide (3.23) and oplophenon (3.01) benzene, 1-methyl-2 (2.75), δ-cubebene (1.55)[17]

T. argenteum subsp. argenteumMain components: α-pinene (27.86), santolinatriene (8.82), 1,8-cineole (6.82), chrysanthenone (3.83), cadina-1,4-dien (3.52) β-pinene (3.16), spathulenol (2.83), borneol (2.68), cis-sabinenehydrate (2.66), trans-verbenol (2.52), trans-pinocarveol (2.40), α-terpineol (2.41)[17]

T. tabrisianumEO yield of the flower part: 0.16%
Main components: 1,8-cineole (17.6), hexadecanoic acid (10.3), borneol (6.9), decanoic acid (5.8), trans-linalooloxide acetate (5.3)
[18]

T. zahlbruckneriEO yield of the stem part: 0.10%
Main components: 1,8-cineole (22.5), hexadecanoic acid (8.0), trans-linalooloxide acetate (4.0), borneol (3.0)
[18]

T. chiliophyllum var. monocephalumEO yield of the flower part: 0.06%
Main components: camphor (17.3), 1,8-cineole (8.3), unknown I (6.6), (E)-β-ionone cubenol unknown III (5.2), camphene (3.4), marsupellol unknown IV (3.0), borneol (2.9)
[20]

T. chiliophyllum var. monocephalumEO yield of the stem part: 0.05% 
Main components: camphor (10.4), (E)-β-ionone unknown I (10.4), cubenol unknown II (9.2), marsupellol unknown IV (7.4), hexadecanoic acid (3.5), (E)-nerolidol (3.2), phytol (2.8)
[20]

T. chiliophyllum var. monocephalumEO yield of the root part: <%0.01
Main components: hexadecanoic acid (37.5), cubenol unknown III (8.7), alismol (6.3), geranyl isovalerate (5.3), (E)-nerolidol (3.3), marsupellol unknown IV (3.1), (E)-β-ionone unknown I (2.6)
[20]

T. chiliophyllum var. chiliophyllum (A)EO yield of the flower and stem part: 0.1 and 0.2%
Main components: camphor (32.5, 36.2), 1,8-cineole (1.6, 16.1), chamazulene (9.2, 2.9), pinocarvone (3.2, 2.4), hotrienol (2.7, 0.3), borneol (2.7, 2.8), chrysanthenyl isovalerate I (2.0, 3.0), chrysanthenyl isovalerate II (2.1, 2.8), β-eudesmol (4.7, 1.1)
[19]

T. chiliophyllum var. chiliophyllum (B)EO yield of the flower and stem part: 0.6 and 0.1%
Main components: 1,8-cineole (12, 18.4), terpinen-4-ol (10.3, 9.0), hexadecanoic acid (4.2, 7.6), (E)-sesquilavandulol (5.8, 1.6), α-thujone (3.0, 1.2), trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (3.5, 2.8), α-eudesmol (3.4, 1.4)
[19]

T. chiliophyllum var. chiliophyllum (C)Main components: 1,8-cineole (22.1, 28.9), α-pinene (5.3, 1.5), terpinen-4-ol (6.5, 5.6), p-cymene (4.2, 4.3), trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (3.7, 2.0), pinocarvone (1.8, 2.8), (E)-sesquilavandulol (3.6, 0.0)[19]

T. heterotomumMain components: α-pinene (3.4), camphene (1.2), β-pinene (4.5), 1,8-cineole (17.9), α-terpinolene (1.2), cis-sabinenehydrate (1.7), camphor (22.4), pinocarvone (1.2), borneol (18.8), α-terpineol (1.3), α-copaene (1.3), β-selinene (1.4), caryophyllene oxide (1.1), hexadecanoic acid (1.6)[21]

T. zahlbruckneiα-Thujene (1.2), α-pinene (1.0), camphene (2.3), 1,8-cineole (1.3), bicyclo (3.1) hexan-3-one (2.1), trans-chrysanthemol (1.7), camphor (3.8), borneol (21.3), 3-cyclohexen-1-ol (2.4), α-terpineol (1.9), bicyclo (2.2) heptan-2-ol (1.1), thymol (2.7), germacrene D (21.4), spathulenol (16.2), aromadendrene (1.2)[21]

T. densum subsp. amaniα-Pinene (6.7), camphene (1.5), β-pinene (8.9), 1,8-cineole (16.7), cyclohexene (1.2), cis-sabinenehydrate (1.3), 4-acetyl-1-methylcyclohexan (1.2), camphor (26.8), pinocarvone (2.4), cis-chrysanthemol (1.3), borneol (3.8), α-copaene (2.6), β-bourbenene (1.4), trans-β-farnesene (1.2), germacrene D (3.9), spathulenol (1.4), β-bisabolene (1.1)[21]

T. cadmeum subsp. orientaleMain components: α-pinene (7.6), camphene (5.4), β-pinene (1.8), α-phellandrene (1.1), limonene (1.2), 1,8-cineole (19.6), trans-chrysanthemol (3.1), camphor (17.2), pinocarvone (1.8), 2-cyclohexen-1-ol (1.7), borneol (5.3), α-copaene (2.8), β-elemene (1.9), β-cubebene (1.3), isoledene (1.5), muurolene (1.6), epi-bicyclosesquiphellandrene (1.7), α-cadinol (1.3), aromadendrene (1.3) [21]

T. argenteum subsp. argenteumEO yield: 0.32%
Main components: α-pinene (67.9), β-pinene (4.8), α-phellandrene (2.8), limonene (2.0), 1,8-cineole (2.2), p-cymene (2.1), β-caryophyllene (1.5), germacrene D (2.2), δ-cadinene (1.6), caryophyllene oxide (1.1), T-cadinol (1.4), α-cadinol (1.6)
[22]

T. argenteum subsp. canumEO yield: 0.35%
Main components: α-pinene (53.6), α-thujene (1.1), camphene (1.1), β-pinene (1.0), α-phellandrene (2.5), 1,8-cineole (14.8), p-cymene (2.1), trans-sabinene hydrate (2.9), camphor (4.7), terpinen-4-ol (2.1), trans-pinocarveol (1.2), trans-verbenol (1.0), α-terpineol (1.2), spathulenol (1.2)
[22]

T. cilicicumMain components: bicyclo (31.1), hept-2-en-4-ol (21.92), camphor (15.56), 1,8-cineole (13.45)[24]