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Essential Oil Composition of Some Sage (Salvia Spp.) Species Cultivated in Izmir (Turkey) Ecological Conditions
(Assoc Pharmaceutical Teachers india, 2018) Karik, Unal; Cinar, Orcun; Tuncturk, Murat; Sekeroglu, Nazim; Gezici, Sevgi
Background: Salvia L., the largest genus of Lamiaceae, includes about 1000 species, widespread throughout the world. This genus is represented, in Turkish flora, by 99 species and 113 taxa, 58 of which are endemic. Some members of this genus are of economic importance since they have been used as herbal tea, flavouring agents in perfumery and cosmetics. Some sage (Salvia L.) species has been credited with a long list of medicinal uses: e.g. spasmolytic, antiseptic, astringent. Objective: In present study, essential oil composition of some sage (Salvia L.) species cultivated in Izmir (Turkey) was investigated. Sage species have recently become more common in Turkey and sage cultivation is increasing especially in the Aegean Region. Material and Methods: The species of Salvia fruticosa Mill., Salvia officinalis L., Salvia sclarea L., hybrid (Salvia fruticosa Mill. x Salvia officinalis L.) and Salvia dichroantha L. were used in the study. Essential oils were extracted according to hydro distillation method with clevenger type apparatus and analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS system. Results: Essential oil contents of Salvia fruticosa MM. was 3.86%, Salvia officinalis L. 2.42%, Salvia sclarea L. 0.5%, Salvia fruticosa Mill. x Salvia officinalis L. 2.84% and Salvia dichroantha L. 0.19%. The number of components in essential oils were detected 22, 16, 14, 20 and 16 respectively. The chemical composition of the essential oils in Salvia fruticosa Mill. 1,8-cineole (57.18%), Salvia officinalis L. beta-thujone (34.59%), Salvia sclarea L. linalyl acetate (46.77%), Salvia fruticosa MM. x Salvia officinalis L. 1,8-cineole (21.42%) and beta-thujone (18.37%) and Salvia dichroantha L. beta- caryophyllene (23.11%) and sabinyl acetate (21.87%).
Exploring the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Turkish Laurel Germplasm by the Ipbs-Retrotransposon Marker System
(Mdpi, 2019) Karik, Unal; Nadeem, Muhammad Azhar; Habyarimana, Ephrem; Ercisli, Sezai; Yildiz, Mehtap; Yilmaz, Abdurrahim; Baloch, Faheem Shehzad
Laurel is a medicinally important plant and is known to the world for its essential oil. Turkey is the main market in the laurel leaf trade by sharing about 90% of the world trade. Here we made an effort to elucidate genetic diversity and population structure of 94 Turkish laurel genotypes collected from 26 provinces and four geographical regions using inter-primer binding site (iPBS) retrotransposon markers. A total of 13 most polymorphic primers were selected which yielded 195 total bands, of which 84.10% were found polymorphic. Mean polymorphism information content (PIC) was (0.361) and diversity indices including mean effective number of alleles (1.36), mean Shannon's information index (0.35) and overall gene diversity (0.22) revealed the existence of sufficient amount of genetic diversity in the studied plant material. Most diversity was found in genotypes collected from the Mediterranean region. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that most of the variation (85%) in Turkish laurel germplasm is due to differences within populations. Model-based structure, principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and neighbor-joining algorithms were found in agreement and clustered the studied germplasm according to their collection provinces and regions. This is a very first study exploring the genetic diversity and population structure of laurel germplasm using iPBS-retrotransposon marker system. We believe that information provided in this work will be helpful for the scientific community to take more interest in this forgotten but the medicinally important plant.
The Mineral and Nutrient Contents of Some Edible Wild Plants Grown in Rural Environment of Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
(Parlar Scientific Publications (p S P), 2018) Karik, Unal; Eryigitz, Tamer; Tuncturk, Ruveyde; Tuncturk, Murat
Many edible wild plants are isolated and analyzed for their nutritional properties and mineral contents in recent days. In the present investigation different parts of the selected plants were analyzed for some macro-micro contents and nutritional properties (Na, Mg, K, Ca, P, S, Mn, Fe, Cu, Z, Cr, Co, and total ash, nitrogen, crude protein, pH and crude fibre). Campanula glomerata L. subsp. hispida (Witasek) Hayek, Gypsophila bicolor (Freyn & Sint.) Grossh., Nasturtium officinale R. Br., Ranunculus polyanthemos L., Scorzonera latifolia (Fisch. & C.A.Mey) DC. are the five wild plants used for the present study. These plants are easily available and all of them are often used in cheese and some other foods in daily life. The mineral element contents were identified to be phenomenal in Ranunculus polyanthemos L. for Mg, K, P, Cr and Co (4.25, 28.22, 5.63 g kg(-1) 1.11 and 1.56 mg kg(-1)), Nasturtium officinale R. Br. for Na, S and Mn (1.03, 1.89 g kg(-1) and 221.67 mg kg(-1)), Scorzonera latifolia for Fe, Cu and Z (368.41, 31.07 and 18.07 mg kg(-1)), Gypsophila bicolor (Freyn & Sint.) Grossh. for Ca and Fe (14.92 g kg(-1) and 370.81 mg kg(-1)). The highest total ash, nitrogen, crude protein and pH levels (34.0%, 1.62%, 10.1 and 6.47%, respectively) were obtained from Nasturtium officinale R. Br.