The Essential Oils of Rhaponticum carthamoides Hairy Roots and Roots of Soil-Grown Plants: Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antioxidant Activities
Table 1
Percentage of composition of essential oils from Rhaponticum carthamoides roots of soil-grown plants (SGR) and hairy roots (HR).
Peak number
Constituent
RI lit
RI exp
SGR [%]
HR [%]
Class of compound
(1)
α-Pinene
936
931
0.1
0.1
MH
(2)
Oct-1-en-3-ol
962
961
—
t
O
(3)
2-Pentylfuran
981
978
—
0.8
O
(4)
α-Phellandrene
1002
998
0.2
—
MH
(5)
p-Cymene
1015
1010
0.1
t
MH
(6)
β-Phellandrene
1023
1021
t
—
MH
(7)
Limonene
1025
1022
0.4
0.6
MH
(8)
(E)-Oct-2-enal
1034
1032
—
t
O
(9)
p-Cymenene
1075
1072
0.8
—
MH
(10)
(E)-Non-2-enal
1139
1136
—
0.1
O
(11)
p-Cymen-9-ol
1157
1157
2.1
t
MO
(12)
Thymol
1267
1268
—
t
MO
(13)
Carvacrol
1278
1277
—
t
MO
(14)
(E,E)-Deca-2,4-dienal
1291
1288
—
0.1
O
(15)
Cyprotene
1322
1318
t
0.1
SH
(16)
13-Norcypera-1(5),11(12)-diene
1352
1349
1.4
15.3
SH
(17)
α-Longipinene
1360
1360
t
—
SH
(18)
Cyperadiene
1365
1361
t
0.3
SH
(19)
Cyclosativene
1370
1368
0.2
0.3
SH
(20)
α-Copaene
1379
1376
0.6
0.3
SH
(21)
α-Funebrene
1385
1382
t
—
SH
(22)
Petasitene
1398
1398
4.3
—
SH
(23)
β-Elemene
1389
1389
—
0.2
SH
(24)
Thymol methyl ether
1403
1401
—
t
MO
(25)
Cyperene
1404
1404
2.6
18.2
SH
(26)
Dehydroisolongifolene
1410
1411
0.2
1.8
SH
(27)
α-Cedrene
1418
1415
0.4
—
SH
(28)
β-Caryophyllene
1420
1418
2.7
0.2
SH
(29)
trans- -Bergamotene
1434
1433
4.2
—
SH
(30)
Sesquisabinene A
1435
1435
1.1
—
SH
(31)
β-Helmiscapene
1446
1443
—
0.2
SH
(32)
α-Helmiscapene
1447
1447
—
0.2
SH
(33)
(Z)-β-Farnesene
1447
1447
1.3
—
SH
(34)
α-Humulene
1455
1453
T
—
SH
(35)
β-Santalene
1457
1455
0.4
—
SH
(36)
Selina-3,7-diene
1460
1458
—
0.3
(37)
Rotundene
1461
1459
T
1.6
SH
(38)
α-Acoradiene
1464
1464
0.4
—
SH
(39)
γ-Gurjunene
1472
1468
—
0.1
SH
(40)
Selina-4,11-diene
1475
1472
—
0.6
SH
(41)
Dauca-4(11),8-diene
1530a
1472
10.2
—
SH
(42)
Nardosina-1(10),11-diene
1484
1479
20.7
—
SH
(43)
β-Selinene
1486
1484
—
4.6
SH
(44)
Pentadec-1-ene
1486
1487
0.5
0.2
O
(45)
α-Muurolene
1496
1495
1.3
5.5
SH
(46)
Isorotundene
1503
1497
0.4
1.7
SH
(47)
β-Bisabolene
1503
1500
0.5
—
SH
(48)
(Z)-γ-Bisabolene
1505
1506
0.7
—
SH
(49)
Premnaspirodiene
1516
1510
—
0.2
SH
(50)
δ-Cadinene
1520
1514
0.3
0.4
SH
(51)
Cyperene oxide
1524
1521
—
1.0
SO
(52)
α-Calacorene
1527
1529
T
0.9
SH
(53)
(E)-Nerolidol
1553
1545
0.3
—
SO
(54)
β-Caryophyllene oxide
1578
1571
—
1.4
SO
(55)
α-Corocalene
1602
1602
0.2
2.0
SH
(56)
Longifolene aldehyde
1631
1620
—
0.3
(57)
2,5,8-Trimethyl-1-naphthol
—
1635
1.1
9.6
O
(58)
β-Himachalol
1638
1634
—
0.6
SO
(59)
Cadalene
1659
1658
0.6
7.2
SH
(60)
Aplotaxene
1659
1659
27.3
t
O
(61)
Cyperotundone
1684
1676
0.3
3.6
SO
(62)
Palmitic acid
1942
1946
—
1.3
O
Total identified
89.7
81.9
Monoterpene hydrocarbons MH
1.6
0.7
Oxygenated monoterpenes MO
2.1
t
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons SH
54.7
62.2
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes SO
0.6
6.9
Other O
28.9
12.1
The concentrations of the main compounds were signified in bold. RI: relative retention index on Rtx-1 column, RI lit: relative retention index of literature. t: traces (percentage value less than 0.05%).