Fatty Acid Profile and Biological Data of Four Endemic Cephalaria Species Grown in Turkey
Süheyla Kırmızıgül , Nazlı B. Sarıkahya, H. Sümbül, R.S. Göktürk, N.Ü.K. Yavaşoğlu, M. Pekmez and Nazlı Arda
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Türkiye
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Akdeniz University, 07058, Antalya, Türkiye
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Türkiye
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, 34118, Istanbul, Türkiye
Abstract: The fatty acid compositions of the n-hexane extracts of the aerial parts of four Turkish Cephalaria species, (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.
Keywords: Cephalari; Dipsacaceae; fatty acid; a - linolenic acid ; linoleic acid ; palmitic acid; GC-MS; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity. |