Vol. 22 No. 4 (2009), Artykuły
Vol. 22 No. 4 (2009)

Herbal volatiles from Cretan barberry (Berberis cretica) obtained by supercritical fluid extraction

Artykuły
Published 2009-12-30
Wirginia Kukuła
Department of Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin
Nektarios Aligiannis
Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis
Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Kazimierz Głowniak
Department of Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Unit, Medical University of Lublin

Abstract

Cretan barberry (Berberis cretica) is one of the representatives of Berberidaceae family, which is composed of over 450 species. A broad spectrum of barberry’s activity stimulates further research on this plant. Modern scientific journals give no information on the constituents and properties of essential oils produced by any species of barberry, which is why it became the topic of the current study. The essential oils fraction was obtained in the course of SFE (Supercritical Fluid Extraction) – for the first time in the family of Berberidaceae. Analysis of the results was conducted with the help of GC-MS method (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry), revealing the presence of 18 different terpenes.

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