Composition of the essential oil of three endemic Centaurea species from Turkey

Koese Y. B., Demirci B., BAŞER K. H. C., YÜCEL E.

JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.335-338, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10412905.2008.9700025
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.335-338
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation front three endemic Centaurea species (Asteraceae) in Phalolepis (Cass.) DC. Section; C. wagenitzii Hub.-Mor., C. tossiensis Freyn et Sint. and C. luschaniana Heimerl front Turkey were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GUMS), simultaneously. Main constituents of the oils were found its hexadecanoic acid (25.6%, 50.6% and 40.0%, respectively). Fatty acids and their esters were identified as the main constituent groups of the three species.