Essential Oil Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Saponaria prostrata WILLD. subsp. anatolica HEDGE

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Saponaria prostrata WILLD. subsp. anatolica HEDGE. The essential oil of plant was obtained by hydrodistillation method and analyzed by HS-SPME/GC-MS. Thirty nine compounds were identified, which representing 91.77% of the oil. Among them Palmitic acid (36.53%), Pentanal (17.38%), 2-Pentadecanone, 6,10,14-trimethyl (9.68%), 2,6,10-Trimethyl,14-Ethylene-14-Pentadecne (5.96%) and 1,8-Diazacyclotetradecane-2,9-dion (4.64%) were the major compounds. The antioxidant capacity of S. prostrata subsp. anatolica was evaluated by different methods and results were compared with BHA, BHT, vit.E, vit. C, EDTA and trolox.