<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A short review of our recent research on the essential oil phytochemical composition of <italic>Petasites albus</italic> (L.) Gaertn. and <italic>Petasites hybridus</italic> (L.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. &amp; Scherb. (Asteraceae) as well as on the oils of <italic>Globularia cordifolia</italic> L., <italic>Globularia meridionalis</italic> (Podp.) O. Schwarz and <italic>Globularia punctata</italic> Lapeyr. (Plantaginaceae) is presented. All essential oils contained a variety of oxygenated sesquiterpenes among their major constituents, including a bakkane type sesquiterpene fukinanolid (bakkenolide A). The paper is focused on: <italic>i</italic>) a short overview of the abundance of major terpenes in the essential oils of <italic>Petasites</italic> and <italic>Globularia</italic> species from Croatia; <italic>ii</italic>) possible biosynthetic pathways of major identified sesquiterpenes; and <italic>iii</italic>) biological activities (literature data) of major sesquiterpenes from <italic>Petasites</italic> and <italic>Globularia</italic> species.</p></abstract>

A short review of our recent research on the essential oil phytochemical composition of Petasites albus (L.) Gaertn. and Petasites hybridus (L.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. (Asteraceae) as well as on the oils of Globularia cordifolia L., Globularia meridionalis (Podp.) O. Schwarz and Globularia punctata Lapeyr. (Plantaginaceae) is presented. All essential oils contained a variety of oxygenated sesquiterpenes among their major constituents, including a bakkane type sesquiterpene fukinanolid (bakkenolide A). The paper is focused on: i) a short overview of the abundance of major terpenes in the essential oils of Petasites and Globularia species from Croatia; ii) possible biosynthetic pathways of major identified sesquiterpenes; and iii) biological activities (literature data) of major sesquiterpenes from Petasites and Globularia species.

Actualities in the phytochemical research on selected terpenes

Acta Pharmaceutica

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A short review of our recent research on the essential oil phytochemical composition of Petasites albus (L.) Gaertn. and Petasites hybridus (L.) G. Gaertn., B....

Actualities in the phytochemical research on selected terpenes

Published Online: Oct 21, 2019

Page range: 533 - 540

Accepted: Feb 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2019-0036

Keywords
species, species, oxygenated sesquiterpenes, bisabola-2, 10-diene-1-one, fukinanolid (bakkenolide A), dehydrofukinone

© 2019 Igor Jerković et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Actualities in the phytochemical research on selected terpenes

Published Online: Oct 21, 2019

Page range: 533 - 540

Accepted: Feb 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2019-0036

Keywordsspecies, species, oxygenated sesquiterpenes, bisabola-2, 10-diene-1-one, fukinanolid (bakkenolide A), dehydrofukinone

© 2019 Igor Jerković et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
species, species, oxygenated sesquiterpenes, bisabola-2, 10-diene-1-one, fukinanolid (bakkenolide A), dehydrofukinone