Planta Med 2007; 73 - P_032
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-986814

Flower oil components from four Staphylea L. species

Ľ Laciková 1, E Švajdlenka 2, I Mažterová 1, D Granèai 1
  • 1Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 2Department of Natural Drugs, Pharmaceutical Faculty, Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, Palackého 1–3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

Traditional Chinese medicine uses preparations from Staphylea species as a cough remedy and in America they have been used for the treatment of rheumatic, gynecological and dermatological problems. Significant cytotoxic, antibacterial and antioxidant activity of some Staphylea species is known as well [1, 2, 3]. For the first time the chemical composition of the hydrodistilled volatile fraction from the flowers of Staphylea colchica Stev., Staphylea elegans Zab., Staphylea holocarpa Hemsl. and Staphylea pinnata L. was investigated by GC/MS method. 27 compounds were identified in oil from the fresh and dried material, stored for 1 year. The qualitative and quantitative content of investigated compounds was similar in the fresh and dried flowers of four Staphylea species. Mostly the structures of different C19 – C32 oxygenated aliphatic hydrocarbons were identified with the dominating content of tricosane (44.0% and 45.7% in S.elegans and S. pinnata, respectively), n-hexadecanoic acid (36.6% in S. colchica) and heneicosane (24.5% in S. elegans and S. pinnata) in dried flowers.

Table 1: The qualitative content overview of identified compounds in dried and fresh flowers

Species

dried flowers, stored for 1 year

fresh flowers

S. colchica

C20-C30 aliphatic hydrocarbons, n-hexadecanoic acid

C20-C30 aliphatic hydrocarbons, n-hexadecanoic acid, aldehydes, ketones

S. elegans

C21-C29 aliphatic hydrocarbons

C21-C29 aliphatic hydrocarbons

S. holocarpa

C20-C30 aliphatic hydrocarbons, n-hexadecanoic acid

C20-C30 aliphatic hydrocarbons, n-hexadecanoic acid, aldehydes, ketones, esters of higher fatty acids

S. pinnata

C21-C29 aliphatic hydrocarbons

C19-C32 aliphatic and nonaliphatic hydrocarbons

Acknowledgements: Grant Agency VEGA SR No. 1/4289/07 and Cátedra Dubcek grant 2006 sponsored by Complutense University of Madrid.

References: [1] Jantová, S. et al. (2001) Phytother. Res. 15: 22–25. [2] Jantová, S. et al. (2000) Phytother. Res. 14: 601–603. [3] Laciková, Ľ. et al. (2007) Molecules 12: 98–102.