Essential Oil and Fatty Acid Composition of Endemic Gypsophila laricina Schreb. from Turkey

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Gypsophila species have very high medicinal and commercial importance and also contains interesting natural substances. However, there is no report on the essential oil and fatty acid composition of any Gypsophila species. This prompted us to investigate the essential oil and fatty acid composition of Gypsophila laricina Schreb. METHODS: Plant materials were collected during the flowering period. Essential oil composition of aerial parts of Gypsophila laricina Schreb. were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. And the fatty acid compositions were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS: Sixty-six and ten compounds were identified in the essential oil and fatty acid of G. laricina Schreb. respectively. The major components of the essential oil were hexadecanoic acid (27.03%) and hentriacontane (12.63%). The main compounds of the fatty acid were (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid methyl ester (18: 2) 40.4%, (Z)-9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester (18: 1) 35.0 % and hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (16: 0) 13.0%. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The result showed that the fatty acid composition are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. The essential oils of G. laricina Schreb. were dominated by fatty acid derivatives and n-alkanes. We believe the results obtained u n c o r r e c t e d p r o o f from this research will stimulate further research on the chemistry of Gypsophila species.

Essential Oil and Fatty Acid Composition of Endemic <i>Gypsophila laricina</i> Schreb. from Turkey

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“…The essential oil composition of G. laricina showed similar chemical behavior to G. tuberculosa. 11 Both species had hexadecanoic acid and hentriacontane as major components in their essential oils. However, hexadecanoic acid was contained at 4.64% levels in G. eriocalyx and nearly six times that amount in G. tuberculosa and G. laricina.…”

“…The major compounds of the fatty acids of G. tuberculosa and G. eriocalyx were (Z)-9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester (42.0% and 36.0% respectively), (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic acid methyl ester (19.6% and 10.5% respectively), and hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (17.7% and 25.2% respectively). 11 As summarized above, Gypsophila species have very high medicinal and commercial importance and contain interesting natural substances. However, during our literature survey we did not encounter any reports on the essential oil or fatty acid composition of Gypsophila laricina Schreb.…”

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