Chemical composition of fruit essential oil of endemic malabaila pastinacifolia

Abstract

The water distilled essential oil (EO) from the fruits of Malabaila pastinacifolia Boiss and Balansa (Apiaceae), an endemic species from Turkey, was analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS systems. The analysis revealed 38 compounds accounting for 97.6% of the EO. Hexyl butyrate (47.2 %), hexyl hexanoate (22.7%) and -terpinyl acetate (11.1 %) were found as the main constitutes. This is the first report on the EO composition of M. pastinacifolia.