Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
5th International Eurasian Conference on Biological and Chemical Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye, 23 - 25 Kasım 2022, ss.1417-1421
Plants have been used by societies for the prevention
of infectious diseases for years. Especially the antibacterial, antifungal, and
antimicrobial effects of essential oils give special importance to plants. Ziziphora clinopodioides (Lamiaceae),
which grows in different regions of Turkey, has medicinal aromatic plant
properties due to its rich essential oil content. In our study, we revealed the
essential oil composition of Z.
clinopodioides species grown in Erzincan using the GC-MS method. In the
essential oil profile of this species, 30 compounds were determined and
identified. Among these compounds, pulegone (29.70%), eucalyptol (19.23%),
menthol (12.97%), and p-menthone (10.17%) were determined as the major
compounds of essential oil. Compared to other studies in Turkey, eucalyptol is
found only in Z. clinopodioides from
Erzincan. Parameters such as climate, altitude and geographical conditions that
differ in Erzincan compared to other places caused the species to contain
eucalyptol. As a result, this species grown in Erzincan chemotaxonomically differs
from other Z. clinopodioides species collected
in different locations in Turkey.