Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2012; 10(4): 797-801.

Volatile Compounds Analysis of Essential Oil Extracted from Dried Taraxacum coreanum

Dandelion is suggested to have some pharmacological and cosmetic properties, including antibacterial activity against pathogens of acne, antioxidative activity, tyrosinase inhibitory activity and nitric oxide production inhibitory activity and so on. On the other hand, essential oils are secondary metabolites in plants, which are hydrophobic liquid containing volatile and bioactive compounds. The aim of present study was identification and quantification of aroma compounds in essential oil isolated from dried white dandelion (Taraxacum coreanum). The analyses was performed by gas chromatography with mass selective detector after simultaneous distillation extraction. Eighteen compounds were identified. The principal compounds of the volatiles of white dandelion are 2-pentanol (43.25%), benzaldehyde (9.30%), acetaldehyde (9.18%), nonanal (9.38%), ethyl acetate (7.28%), benzeneacetaldehyde (5.45%). Some bioactive compounds were also identified in this study, such as α-pinene, β-pinene, benzyl alcohol.

Keywords : White dandelion, Taraxacum coreanum , Volatile compound, GS-MSD, SDE