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Fatty Acid Composition and Biological Activities of Tanacetum zahlbruckneri (Náb.) Grierson Growing in Turkey

Pinar Caglar Eyol, Nazli Boke Sarikahya, Omer C. Karakoc, Ayhan Gokce, Fatih Demirci, Suheyla Kirmizigul and Nezhun Goren

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Arts & Science, Yildiz Technical University, 34210, Istanbul, Türkiye

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Türkiye

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Arts, Karatekin University, 18100, Cankiri, Türkiye

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Gaziosmanpasa University, 60150, Tokat, Türkiye

Faculty of Health Sciences Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye

Abstract:n-H exane extracts of the roots, stems and flowers of Tanacetum zahlbruckneri (Náb.) Grierson (Asteraceae) were analysed for their fatty acid contents by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) method and their antimicrobial and insecticidal activities were evaluated as well. Total FAMEs percentages of the n-hexane extracts were detected as 69.94, 73.72 and 87.29 in the roots, in the stems and in the flowers, respectively. While palmitic acid was found as a major component for roots (26.12 %) and stems (21.28 %), flowers contain 33.78 % of linoleic acid as a major component. Roots and stems also contain considerable amount of α-linoleic acid as 15.30 % and 18.09 %, respectively. Additionally, α-linolenic acid percentage was found as 17.17 in the stems. Single dose screening insecticidal activity tests with Sitophilus granarius (L.) showed that n-hexane root extract has a considerably high bioactivity (83 % mortality at 100 g/L dose after 48 h). While antibacterial activity results ranged between 0.625-1.25 mg/mL for all three extracts, the antifungal activity was observed of the flowers as 0.156 mg/mL, against C. parapsilosis and C. albicans.

Keywords: Fatty acids; Tanacetum zahlbruckneri ; antibacterial activity; insecticidal activity. © 2017 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.