PJB-2017-786
INVESTIGATION OF THE FATTY ACID AND ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM L. GROWN IN TÜRKİYE
Cüneyt CESUR
Abstract
The present study was aimed to assess the fatty acids of seeds and essential oil compositions of fruits and leaves of Xanthium strumarium L. grown on the experimental area. The harvested plant parts were dried in the shade. The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation and the oil extracted by using Soxhlet apparatus analyzed by GC-MS. The fatty acid was dominated by linoleic acid (76.974%), oleic acid (11.378%), palmitic acid (6.512%) and stearic acid (3.803%). The main components of fruit essential oil were 6-epi-shyobunol (17.13%), α-bisabolene epoxide (12.34%), α-cadinol (10.28 %), and tau-cadinol (10.06%). The main components leaves essential oil were α-cadinol (12.40%) and caryophyllene oxide (11.88%), while borneol (9.24%), isoaromadendrene epoxide (8.74%), cubedol (8.62%), hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (8.06%), tau-cadinol (6.79%), 2,2,6-trimethyl-1-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol (5.01%), and α-bisabolene epoxide (5.00%) were recorded abundantly. Generally, X. strumarium is a rich source of both fatty acids and essential oil components. In this study, fruit essential oil was for the first time. The findings from this study can be useful for the future studies.
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