Essential Oil and Fatty Acid Composition of Centaurea solstitialis ssp. solstitialis

Authors : Burcu SUMER TUZUN, Tuba GONENC, Pelin TASTAN, Tugce FAFAL, Betul DEMİRCİ

Pages : 58-62

Doi:10.21448/ijsm.356256

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Publication Date : 2017-11-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Centaurea is a widespread genus from Asteraceae family in Turkey. There are plenty of researches about fatty acid and essential oil profiles of Centaurea species. Essential oils were obtained using a Clevenger apparatus by hydrodistillation from aerial part of the plant. The essential oil composition of the plant was identified by GC-MS using FID detector. 31 compounds representing 91.5% were identified. Hexadecanoic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(50.2%); and tetradecanoic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(10.1%); were found to be the major compounds. For fatty acids, fatty acid methyl esters insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FAMEs); were prepared. The fatty acid compositions were analyzed by GC. Saturated fatty acids insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SFAs); were totally 25.05%, monounsaturated fatty acids insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MUFAs); were 19.60% and polyunsaturated fatty acids were 19.86%. The major compounds were found as oleic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(18.54%);, linoleic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(10.07%);, palmitic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(8.28%);, stearic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6.82%); and ℽ- linoleic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6.75%);.
Keywords : Centaurea, essential oil, fatty acid