Planta Med 2011; 77 - PE37
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1282368

Compositions of the Essential Oils of Salvia fruticosa Mill. Populations in the Flora of Marmara Region

U Karik 1, AC Saglam 2, M Kürkçüoğlu 3, KHC Başer 3, 4
  • 1Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute, 77102 Yalova, Turkey
  • 2Department of Field Plants, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Namık Kemal University, 59000 Tekirdag, Turkey
  • 3Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
  • 4Botany and Microbiology Dept.College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Salvia is the largest genus of the family Lamiaceae with ca. 900 species distributed around the world.

Its centre of origin is considered to be south west and central Asia (1). Salvia is represented in Turkey by 97 species including 4 subspecies and 8 varieties. The rate of endemism in Turkey is 52.5% with 51 species (2). Salvia fruticosa Mill. has a wide distribution in Turkey and its dried leaves are sold in local markets for consumption as herbal tea and dried leaves are exported especially to European Countries.

We have distilled essential oils from samples collected from 20 localities by water distillation and analyzed them by GC and GC/MS techniques. Oil yields in the samples varied between 2.0% to 3.0% and the main components were characterized as 1,8-cineole (20.7% to 46.9), β-caryophyllene (6.0% to 16.9) β-pinene (5.3% to 11.3), and camphor (2.8% to 17.5).

References: 1. Hedge I C (1992) A Global Survey of the Biogeography of the Labiatae. In R. M. Harley and T. Reynolds (eds.), Advances in Labiatae Science, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 7–17.

2. Ipek A, Gurbuz B (2010) Tarla Bitkileri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, 19 (1–2): 30–35.