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Rafieiolhossaini M, Adams A, Sodaeizadeh H, et al. Fast quality assessment of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by headspace solid-phase microextraction: influence of flower development stage. Nat Prod Commun. 2012;7(1):97-100
Rafieiolhossaini, M., Adams, A., Sodaeizadeh, H., Van Damme, P., & De Kimpe, N. (2012). Fast quality assessment of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by headspace solid-phase microextraction: influence of flower development stage. Natural product communications, 7(1), 97-100.
Rafieiolhossaini, Mohammad, et al. "Fast quality assessment of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by headspace solid-phase microextraction: influence of flower development stage." Natural product communications vol. 7,1 (2012): 97-100.
Rafieiolhossaini M, Adams A, Sodaeizadeh H, Van Damme P, De Kimpe N. Fast quality assessment of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by headspace solid-phase microextraction: influence of flower development stage. Nat Prod Commun. 2012 Jan;7(1):97-100. PMID: 22428258.
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Nat Prod Commun. 2012 Jan;7(1):97-100.

Fast quality assessment of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by headspace solid-phase microextraction: influence of flower development stage.

Natural product communications

Mohammad Rafieiolhossaini, An Adams, Hamid Sodaeizadeh, Patrick Van Damme, Norbert De Kimpe

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  1. Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agronomy and Ethnobotany, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Coupure Links 653, B- 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 22428258

Abstract

For an adequate quality evaluation of aromatic plants grown under different conditions, a rapid, simple and sensitive method for the analysis of volatile constituents is indispensable. The main objective of the present study was to compare fast screening of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by means of headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) with conventional isolation of the essential oil (steam distillation-solvent extraction (SDSE)) for the differentiation of chamomile essential oil constituents. Flowers were harvested at two distinct development stages: stage I, when ligulate flowers start to develop and tubular flowers are still closed, and stage II, when tubular flowers are partially to completely opened. Dried chamomile flowers at two development stages were extracted by means of both SDSE and HS-SPME, followed by GC-MS analysis. Among 30 compounds detected, (E)-beta-farnesene (49%), artemisia ketone (10%) and germacrene D (9%) were the predominant volatile components in the HS-SPME-extract, while alpha-bisabolol oxide A (42%), chamazulene (21%) and (Z)-spiroether (8%) were the main essential oil constituents among the 13 compounds obtained by SDSE. After statistical analysis of the data, both techniques enabled the same conclusion: (E)-beta-farnesene was the only compound which showed significant differences between the two flower development stages. These results suggest that HS-SPME-GC-MS can be used as a sensitive technique for the rapid screening and quality assessment of M. chamomilla.

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