The scent of Spiranthes spiralis

From Top Italian Scientists Journal
Published
March 10, 2025
Title
The scent of Spiranthes spiralis
Authors
Maurizio D’Auria, Marisabel Mecca, Rocco Racioppi, Vito Antonio Romano
DOI
10.62684/OHXU2419
Keywords
Spiranthes spiralis, scent, orchid, solid phase microextraction, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, attractive compounds.
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Maurizio D’Auria, Marisabel Mecca, Rocco Racioppi, Vito Antonio Romano

Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate, Università della Basilicata, V.le dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy

Correspondence to: Maurizio D’Auria, maurizio.dauria53@gmail.com


Abstract

HS-SPME-GC-MS analysis of the scent of Spiranthes spiralis showed the presence as main components of 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethanol, 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, tridecane, pentadecane, farnesal, heptadecane,1,4-dimethoxybenzene, and 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene. All these compounds can have a role as attractive components towards pollinator insects. Furthermore, low amounts of several aldehydes (benzaldehyde, octanal, decanal, tridecanal, tetradecanal, and hexadecanal) have been detected. These compounds can be active compounds in sexual deceptive orchids.

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Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai has consulted for Abiomed, Advanced Nanotherapies, Aleph, Amarin, Balmed, Cardionovum, Crannmedical, Endocore Lab, Eukon, Guidotti, Innovheart, Meditrial, Menarini, Microport, Opsens Medical, Terumo, and Translumina, outside the present work. All other authors report no conflict of interest.

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The authors have no funding sources to report.

Author Contributions

MD: Conceptualization, Writing - Review & Editing. MM: Data collection. RR: Investigation, Data Analysis. RVA: Investigation, Methodology, Writing.

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