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. 2022 Sep 29;17:114. doi: 10.1186/s13020-022-00672-x

Table 1.

Essential oil analysis of Eryngium caeruleum M.Bieb

Origin of materials (country, province, locality)/part used/phase of development Method of extraction (extraction time)/yield (%) Main components References
Iran/aerial parts Hydrodistillation Limonene (52.1%), β-sesquiphellandrene (8.1%), α-pinene (5.5%) and δ-2-carene (5.3%) [62]
Iran/aerial parts/flowering stage Hydrodistillation (3 h)/0.3 air-dried weight Limonene (60.5%), δ-3-carene (13.0%), α-pinene (5.6%) [5]
Iran/dried aerial parts Hydrodistillation (5 h)/0.65 w/w Limonene (56.7%), β-sesquiphellandrene (8.9%), α-pinene (6.5%), δ-2-carene (5.9%) [81]
Iran/dry leaves/vegetative phase Hydrodistillation (4 h) Coastal plants: 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone (61.69%), β-sesquiphellandrene (14.19%), 2,4-bis (1,1-dimethyl)-phenol (13.65%) [36]
Iran/dry leaves/vegetative phase Hill slope plants: 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone (41.74%), β-sesquiphellandrene (18.29%), β-bisabolene (12.30%)
Iran/dry stems/vegetative phase Coastal plants: l-limonene (30.34%), β-sesquiphellandrene (28.53%), β-bisabolene (15.31%)
Iran/dry stems/vegetative phase Hill slope plants: β-sesquiphellandrene (26.54%), 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone (23.89%), limonene (11.57%)
Iran/leaves/first vegetative stages Hydrodistillation (4 h) Coastal plants: β-sesquiphellandrene (44.21%), limonene (18.39%) and β-bisabolene (6.08%) [36, 37]
Hill slope plants: 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone (53.83%), β-sesquiphellandrene (11.26%) and β-bisabolene (7.43%)
Iran/leaves/second vegetative phase Coastal plants: β-sesquiphellandrene (27.32%), limonene (14.32%) and 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone (14.15%)
Hill slope plant: 4(5)-acetyl-1H-imidazole (50.14%), β-sesquiphellandrene (15.51%) and 4-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl) cyclohex-2-enone (11.05%)
Iran/stems/generative phase Coastal plants: hexadecahydrocyclobuta [1,2,3,4] dicyclooctene (45.46%), β-sesquiphellandrene (20.5%) and widdrene (19.06%)
Hill slope plant: piperiton (69.81%), 4-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl) cyclohex-2-enone (18.38%) and β-sesquiphellandrene (4.54%)
Iran/dry leaves/pre-flowering stage Hydrodistillation (3 h) Cyclobuta, dicyclooctene, hexadecahydro (47.03%), n-hexadecanoic acid (11.16%), linoleic acid (5.41%), limonene (4.23%), cis-α-bisabolene (2.14%) [18]
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.32 Littoral location: allo-aromadendrene (66.3%), trans-calamenene (11%), dehydro abietal (6.7%), α-calacorene (6.1%) [1]
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.38 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadendrene (61.2%), trans-calamenene (13.4%), dehydro abietal (10.9%)
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.176 Littoral location: allo-aromadendrene (71.6%), trans-calamenene (12.8%), α-calacorene (4.5%)
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.21 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadendrene (69.1%), trans-calamenene (15.9%), dehydro abietal (4.5%)
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.06 Littoral location: allo-aromadendrene (48.7%), trans-calamenene (11.1%), α –eudesmol (4.4%), dehydro abietal (4.0%)
Iran/fresh flowers/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.09 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadendrene (56.7%), trans-calamenene (18.2%), dehydro abietal (8.5%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.13 Littoral location: (E, E)-farnesol (24.3%), elemicin (12.2%), n-nonanyl acetate (9.1%), butyl acetate (6.4%), allo-aromadendrene (6.0%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.19 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (25.2%), α-calacorene (23.1%), (E,E)-farnesol (17.5%), dihydro tagetone (11.0%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.17 Littoral location: alloaromadendrene (24%), dihydro tagetone (19.8%), (E,E)-farnesol (13.8%), elemicin (12.3%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.32 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (33.2%), α-calacorene (14.4%), (E,E)-farnesol (16.7%), dihydro tagetone (8.3%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.1 Littoral location: allo-aromadenderene (30.6%), (E,E)- farnesol (28.3%), dihydro tagetone (12%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.16 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (30.3%), (E,E)-farnesol (29.1%), α-calacorene (11.5%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.1 Littoral location: allo-aromadendrene (22.6%), dihydro tagetone (12.5%), (E,E)-farnesol (16.0%), elemicin (14.1%), methyl octadecanoate (10.9%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.16 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (30.8%), dihydro tagetone (17.9%), (E,E)-farnesol (13.5%), α-calacorene (11.6%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.1 Littoral location: 1-phenyl pentan-3-one (23.8%), trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (11.3%), dihydro tagetone (8.7%), α-ylangene (8.5%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.14 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (13.0%), n-dodecanol (9.0%), (E,E)-farnesol (12.1%), α-calacorene (7.7%), methyl octadecanoate (7%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.053 Littoral location: allo-aromadenderene (26.4%), (E,E)-farnesol (18%), elemicin (10.5%), methyl octadecanoate (8.3%)
Iran/dry leaves/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.087 Unlittoral location: alloaromadenderene (32.3%), α-calacorene (15.5%), (E,E)-farnesol (11.2%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.18 Littoral location: allo-aromadenderene (56.4%), trans-calamenene (12%), dihydro tagetone (9.4%), dehydro abietal (9.6%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.2 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (36%), trans-calamenene (12.6%), dihydro tagetone (6.4%), dehydro abietal (31.5%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.11 Littoral location: allo-aromadenderene (55.5%), methyl octadecanoate (20.2%), trans-calamenene (8.3%), α- calacorene (5.8%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.14 Unlittoral location: alloaromadenderene (47.4%), dehydro abietal (19.5%), trans-calamenene (14.7%), dihydro tagetone (6.9%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.09 Littoral location: alloaromadenderene (67.4%), trans-calamenene (11%), dehydro abietal (6.3%), α- calacorene (6.0%)
Iran/stems/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.1 Unlittoral location: allo-aromadenderene (54.9%), trans-calamenene (16.2%), dehydro abietal (11.7%), elemicin (3.9%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.50 Littoral location: n-octadecanol (91%), n-nonadecane (1.2%), 1-butyl acetate (1.2%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation/0.44 Unlittoral location: n-octadecanol (95.6%), abietatriene (1.7%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.33 Littoral location: n-octadecanol (73.8%), 1-butyl acetate (4%) and trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (3.6%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Hydro-steam distillation/0.28 Unlittoral location: n-octadecanol (69.1%), α-terpinene (6.9%) and (E,E)-farnesol (5.2%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.16 Littoral location: n-octadecanol (74.6%), dihydro tagetone (4.9%)
Iran/roots/early reproductive phase Steam distillation/0.15 Unlittoral location: n-octadecanol (43.5%), α-eudesmol (18.4%) and methyl octadecanoate (4.8%)
Iran/fresh leaves/early reproductive phase Hydrodistillation (3 h)/0.07 Limonene (26.71%), cyclobuta[1,2:3,4]dicyclooctene, hexadecahydro (24.19%), β-sesquiphellandrene (15.25%), δ-3-carene (6.79%), trans-longipinocarveo (5.28%), n-hexadecanoic acid (2.69%), Z-α-bisabolene (2.57%), myrcene (1.95%), α-pinene (1,87%), β-bisabolene (1.84%), n-octanal (1.53%), E-β-ionone (1.23%), vervenene (0.84%), widdrol (0.83%), α-cis-bergamotene (0.72%), n-octanol (0.54%), trans-carveol (0.53%), α-acoradiene (0.46%), linalool (0.42%), n-heptanol (0.42%), citronellol (0.38%), p-cymene (0.37%), carvacrol (0.35%), n-octadecane (0.28%), p-mentha-2,4(8)-diene (0.27%), thymol (0.23%), β-elemene (0.21%), cis-p-mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol (0.18%), myristicin (0.17%), benzene acetaldehyde (0.16%), heptanal (0.15%), Z-4-decenal (0.13%) [6]
Iran/air-dried aerial parts/flowering phase Hydrodistillation (3 h)/1.1 v/dry weight Trans-pinocarvyl acetate (15.6%), caryophyllene oxide (13.2%), n-hexyl isobutyrate (11.9%), hexyl isovalerate (9.1%), [61]
Iran/dry roots Hydrodistillation (3 h)/1.1 v/dry weight Hexyl isovalerate (11.0%), hexyl valerate (10.1%), hexyl isobutyrate (7.3%), octyl octanoate (7.0%), octyl isovalerate (6.8%), trans-pinocarvyl acetate (6.6%) [35]