PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF TWO CULTIVATED PELARGONIUM
(GERANIACEAE) SPECIES
CRISTINA ELENA IANCU, OANA CIOANCĂ*, MONICA HĂNCIANU, CORNELIA MIRCEA
“Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, 16 Universității,
Iași, Romania
*corresponding author: oana.cioanca@gmail.com
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Abstract:
The current study is part of a broader research that evaluated the chemical and biological properties of some Pelargonium
species cultivated in Romania. The selected samples, P. hispidum and P. radens, were obtained from the “Anastasie Fătu”
Botanical Garden, Iași, Romania. Our aim was to evaluate the chemical profile of the essential oils and hydro-alcoholic
extracts isolated from these samples. The biological activity was assessed by two tests: iron chelating assay and superoxide
scavenging assay. The ethanolic extracts were analysed by UHPLC, whereas the essential oil profile was established with
GC-MS-FID. Both chosen samples represent aromatic species, but their organoleptic aspect and flavour are different. The
GC profile indicated few common characteristics, but the most important variation was the proportion of the main terpenes in
the essential oil. Also, the UHPLC results indicated differences of the chemical composition between the samples. These
variations were noted in the biological activity assays.

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