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Chemotaxonomic Evaluation of Species of Turkish Salvia: Fatty Acid Composition of Seed Oils. II.

Turgut Kılıç, Tuncay Dirmenci Ahmet C Gören

Rec. Nat. Prod. (2007), 1:1 ; 17-23

1 Balıkesir University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Chemistry, Balıkesir, Türkiye

2 Balıkesir University , NEF, Department of Biology, Balıkesir, Türkiye

3 TUBİTAK, UME, P.Box:54 41470 Gebze-Kocaeli, Türkiye

Abstract: Fatty acids composition of seed oil of Salvia viridis, S. hydrangea, S. blepharochleana, S. chianantha, S. staminea, S. hypergeia,, S. cilicica, S. caespitosa, S. sclarea, S. cadmica, S. microstegia, S. pachystachys and S. verticillata were analyzed by GC/MS. The main compound were found to be as linoleic acid (18:2; 12.8 % to 52.2 %), linolenic acid (18:3; 3.2 % to 47.7 %), oleic acid (18:1; 11.3 % to 25.6 %), palmitic acid (16:0; 0.7 % to 16.8 %) and stearic acid (18:0; 1.8 % to 4.8 %). A phylogenetic tree of species of Salvia were reported and compared to 18:3/18:2 ratio of the seed oils. Fatty acid composition of Salvia seed oils could be used as a chemotaxonomical marker.

Key words: Salvia; Fatty acid; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; chemotaxonomy