Cercis griffithii Boiss. (Fabaceae) is a representative of the genus Cercis, numbers about 10 species [
C. griffithii was collected during flowering on Apr. 10, 2017, in the vicinity of Guli Bodom, Yavan District, Tajikistan, at elevation 850 m above sea level. The plant was identified by Dr. F. Sharopov (voucher specimen No. TJ 2017-11).
Herein, the chemical composition of essential oil obtained from dried flowers (100 g) of C. griffithii by steam distillation for 3 h using the standard method [
Constituent Contents in Essential Oil from Cercis griffithii, %
Constituent RI* % Constituent RI* % α-Pinene 940 8.4 1145 1.9 1024 18.7 Menthone 1153 6.3 Limonene 1028 7.5 1156 4.0 1,8-Cineol 1030 16.6 Isoborneol 1163 3.1 γ-Terpinene 1058 4.3 Methylchavichol 1198 5.3 1071 0.8 Neral 1238 1.1 Fenchone 1087 2.0 Geranial 1266 1.5 Linalool 1099 9.8 Monoterpene hydrocarbons 20.1 α-Thujone 1105 5.5 Monoterpenoids 55.9 β-Thujone 1116 0.6 Aromatic 24.0 Camphor 1144 2.8 Total unidentified 100.0
*Retention index.
A total of 18 constituents that constituted 100% of the total oil constituents were identified in the studied essential oil. The major constituents of C. griffithii essential oil were p-cymene (18.7%), 1,8-cineol (16.6%), linalool (9.8%), α-pinene (8.4%), and limonene (7.5%).
Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, September-October, 2018, pp. 850-851.
We thank the Central Asian Drug Discovery and Development Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for financial support.
By F. S. Sharopov; S. R. Numonov; A. Safomuddin; I. S. Gulmurodov; A. Kh. Valiev; M. Bakri; M. Habasi; W. N. Setzer and H. A. Aisa