Essential Oil and Fatty Acid Composition of Leaves of Some Lamiaceae Taxa FromTurkey

Abstract

Essential oil can be extracted from various plants. In this present study, the essential oil and leaf fatty acid compositions of some plants taxa: Saturej amacrantha C.A.Mey., Nepeta transcaucasica Grossh., Nepeta betonicifolia C.A.Mey., Scutellaria orientalis L. subsp. orientalis and Salvia euphratica Montbret & Aucher ex Benth. var. lejocalycina were analyzed by GC-MS. Carvacrol (20.2 %) and thymol (11.3 %) were detected as the main compounds of S. macrantha; caryophyllene oxide (18.5 %), camphor (14.9 %) and β- pinene (14.7 %) were detected as the major constituents of S. euphratica; nepetalactone (18.5 %) and 1,8- cineole (14.4 %) were detected as the main compounds of N. transcaucasica; 1,8-cineole (13.7 %) and nepetalactone (12.2 %) were found to be the main compounds of N. betonicifolia; β-caryophyllene (14.3 %) and 1,8-cineole (10.3 %) were found to be the main compounds of S. orientalis subsp. orientalis. The fatty acid composition of the studied samples were found to be palmitic (21.76-60.00 %), steraic (17.21-38.53 %) and linoleic acid (5.66-27.35 %). © 2018, © 2018 Har Krishan Bhalla & Sons.