Grape seed oils of seven native Turkish cultivars (namely Atfi, Mazruna, Black Kerküş, Zeyti, Verdani, Karfoki, and Kerküş) were evaluated for their fatty acids, tocols, phytosterols as well as total phenolics and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) values. Among the fatty acids, linoleic acid (18:2ω6) was the most abundant (56.38–68.56%), followed by oleic acid (16.45–29.38%, 18:1ω9), palmitic acid (8.19–9.44%, 16:0), and stearic acid (3.74–4.98%, 18:0). Total tocopherols and tocotrienol amounts varied in the range of 102.30–305.43 and 251.47–468.22 mg/kg, respectively. Beta‐sitosterol was the most abundant sterol among grape cultivars whose concentration ranging from 64.19 to 71.62%. Total phenolic content ranged from 2.19 to 4.70 mg of gallic acid equivalents/100 g oil, being lowest in Zeyti and highest in Verdani. With respect to antioxidant activities, a large variation in ORAC values was observed among grape seed oils (ranging from 1048 µmol of Trolox equivalents (TE)/100 g in Karfoki to 2569 µmol of TE/100 g in Mazruna).Practical applications: The crude grape seed oils extracted from different cultivars are a good source of nutrients, fat‐soluble bioactives, and health‐promoting components.

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New monomers containing 4-cyanophenyl (-PhCN) groups attached to a thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) or dithieno [3,2-b:2 0 ,3 0 -d]thiophene (DTT) structure were synthesized and characterized as 4- (2,5-dibromothieno[3,2-The Suzuki coupling of 9,9dioctylfluorene-2,7-diboronic acid bis(1,3-propanediol)ester and the Br-TT-PhCN or Br-DTT-PhCN monomer was utilized for the syntheses of novel copolymers poly{9,9-dioctylfluorene-2,7-diylalt-3-(4 0 -cyanophenyl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl} (PFTT-PhCN) and poly{9,9-dioctylfluorene-2,7-diyl-alt-3,5-bis(4 0 -cyanophenyl)dithieno[3,2-b:2 0 ,3 0 -d]thiophene-2,6-diyl} (PFDTT-PhCN), respectively. The photophysical, electrochemical, and electroluminescent (EL) properties of these novel copolymers were studied. Their photoluminescence (PL) exhibited the same emission maximum for both copolymers in solution. Red-shifted PL emissions were observed in the thin films. The PL emission maximum of PFTT-PhCN was more significantly redshifted than that of PFDTT-PhCN, indicating more pronounced excimer or aggregate formation in PFTT-PhCN. The ionization potential (HOMO level) and electron affinity (LUMO level) values were 5.54 and 2.81 eV, respectively, for PFTT-PhCN and were 5.57 and 2.92 eV, respectively, for PFDTT-PhCN. Polymer light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with copolymer active layers were fabricated and studied. Anomalous behavior and memory effects were observed from the current-voltage characteristics of the LEDs for both copolymers.

Pistacia terebinthus L. is an indigenous plant growing wild in the southern regions of Turkey. Its fruits are used in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics due to its high oil content (ca. 45 g/100 g). In the present study, it was found out that the kernel and the skin parts of the fruit differ significantly (p \ 0.05) both in terms of oil content and composition. Regardless of the geographical origin, the most abundant fatty acid was found to be monounsaturated oleic acid, 18:1n-9 whose content was in the range of 51.2-67.5 g/100 g. b-sitosterol is the predominant sterol in kernel and skin of the terebinthus fruits whose content was varying between 97.4 and 219.8 mg/100 g. Concerning different tocols (tocopherols and tocotrienols) detected in the kernel and skin, c-T was the one with highest concentration (437.2 mg/kg) in kernels, while the most abundant one in skin parts was found to be a-T (348.7 mg/kg). In general the kernel of terebinthus fruits was more concentrated in PUFA, total sterol and tocopherols than skin, however, total tocotrienol content was higher in skin than kernel. On the basis of these findings it can be concluded that both kernel and skin are highly valuable in terms of bioactive compounds, whereas skin with a high amount saturated fatty acids is more suited to applications in cosmetic industry.