VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE
FLOWERS OF TWO SPECIES OF
HONEYSUCKLE (LONICERA JAPONICA AND
LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM)
DIANA-CAROLINA ILIEŞ1, VALERIA RĂDULESCU*1, LIGIA DUŢU2
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 6 Traian Vuia, Bucharest
020956, Romania
2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 6 Traian Vuia, Bucharest
020956, Romania
* Corresponding author: valeria_radulescu@yahoo.com
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Abstract:

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the chemical composition of volatile oil isolated from the flowers of Lonicera japonica and Lonicera caprifolium cultivated in Romania. One oil sample from Lonicera caprifolium and two oil samples from Lonicera japonica obtained by hidrodistillation were analysed by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main compounds found belong to sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (germacrene D 11.26 - 33.09%) and sesquiterpene alcohols (farnesol 26.16 - 50.98%,
nerolidol 1.28 - 2.63%, α-cadinol 0.68 - 2.86%).






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