Chemical composition of the essential oil from Corsican Mentha aquatica - Combined analysis by GC(RI), GC-MS and ~(13)C NMR spectroscopy

摘要

The essential oil (EO) of M. aquatica L. growing wild in Corsica was isolated by dry vapor distillation and submitted to combined analysis by column chromatography over silica gel, GC(RI), GC-MS and ~(13)C NMR spectroscopy. The composition was dominated by oxygenated monoterpenes and characterized by the occurrence of menthofuran (50.7%) as the major component. In parallel, seven laboratory-distilled oil samples isolated from individual plants collected in Corsica were analyzed by GC(RI) and ~(13)C NMR spectroscopy. Only quantitative differences were observed between the samples. Beside the usual terpenes, various p-menthane lactones (mintlactone, isomintlactone, hydroxymintlactone, menthofurolactone and epimenthofurolactone) have been identified in all the oil samples.