Fatty Acid Profile and Biological Data of Four Endemic Cephalaria Species Grown in Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2012
Yazarlar: Suheyla Kirmizigul, Nazlı SARIKAHYA, HÜSEYİN SÜMBÜL, RAMAZAN SÜLEYMAN GÖKTÜRK, Nefise Ülkü KARABAY YAVAŞOĞLU, Murat Pekmez, Nazli Arda
RECORDS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2012, cilt 6, ss 151-155
Özet
The fatty acid compositions of the n-hexane extracts of the aerial parts of four Turkish Cephalaria species (C. paphlagonica, C. stellipilis, C. davisiana and C. elazigensis var. purpurea) were analyzed by GC-MS for the first time. The oil yields of these species were determined as ranging from 0.07% to 0.36 %. Seventeen fatty acids as methyl esters were identified. All extracts were found to contain significant quantities of palmitic, linoleic (LA), stearic and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). ALA was the most abundant fatty acid in all species (29.00%, 30.51%, 32.49% and 34.87% for C. stellipilis, C. elazigensis, C. davisiana and C. paphlagonica, respectively). Other dominant fatty acid was palmitic acid, which ranged from 19.10% to 28.23% for all species. LA was detected in a considerable amount of 19.44 % for C. paphlagonica. The n-hexane extracts of the plants were also checked for their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.