Volatile constituents of three Thymus sipyleus Boiss. subspecies from different sites in Turkey


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AĞALAR H. G., KÜRKÇÜOĞLU M., Baser K. H. C., TURGUT K.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol.45, no.6, pp.1959-1967, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/kim-2103-6
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core
  • Page Numbers: pp.1959-1967
  • Keywords: Thymus sipyleus subsp, sipyleus var, sipyleus, T, sipyleus subsp, sipyleus var, davisianus, T, sipyleus subsp, rosulans, microdistillation, GC and GC-MS analysis, chemical polymorphism, terpenes, SIPYLEUS VAR. SIPYLEUS, ESSENTIAL OIL, THYMUS-SIPYLEUS, ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL SURVEY, ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY, CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION, MEDICINAL-PLANTS
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study was designed to reveal the chemical diversity of some Thymus sipyleus subspecies growing wild in Turkey and to compare the volatile compound profiles by using micro(hydro)distillation technique. For this purpose, volatile compounds isolated by microdistillation from nine samples (three plant samples collected from different regions in Antalya) of Thymus sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus var. sipyleus, T. sipyleus Boiss. subsp. sipyleus var. davisianus Ronniger, and T. sipyleus Boiss. subsp. rosulans (Borbas) Jalas were analyzed by GC and GC-MS systems. 1,8-Cineole, p-cymene, alpha-terpineol and carvacrol were identified as major compounds in T. sipyleus subsp. sipyleus var. sipyleus samples. Geranial, neral, 1,8-cineole and beta-caryophyllene, and alpha-terpineol and geranial were the main compounds in T. sipyleus subsp. sipyleus var. davisianus samples. beta-Caryophyllene, intermedeol, 1,8-cineole and alpha-terpineol, alpha-pinene were the major compounds in T. sipyleus subsp. rosulans samples. As known, thymol is the main compound in most Thymus species in Turkey, but, according to our study, chemical polymorphism has been found among the T. sipyleus subspecies.