A comparative study on the fatty acid composition of the oils from five Bupleurum species collected from Turkey

Authors

HATİCE TANER SARAÇOĞLU
GÖKHAN ZENGİN
MEHTAP AKIN
APDURAHMAN AKTÜMSEK

DOI

10.3906/biy-1112-51

Abstract

The oil content and fatty acid compositions of 5 Bupleurum species (B. intermedium, B. lancifolium, B. croceum, B. rotundifolium, and B. cappadocicum) were determined. Their oil contents ranged from 2.87% to 4.20%. Gas chromatography (GC) was used for the fatty acid composition. Twenty-one fatty acids were identified and quantified by GC. Oleic acid (C18:1) accounted for more than 50% of the total fatty acids in 3 of the Bupleurum species (B. intermedium, B. lancifolium, and B. rotundifolium). The total unsaturated fatty acid contents varied from 67.28% in B. cappadocicum to 87.06% in B. rotundifolium. The total saturated fatty acids represent 12.94% to 32.72% of the total lipid content. The main saturated fatty acids were palmitic (C16:0), stearic (C18:0), and myristic (C14:0). Moreover, cluster analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the species in terms of the fatty acid profiles.

Keywords

Bupleurum, Apiaceae, fatty acid composition, unsaturated fatty acids, Turkey

First Page

527

Last Page

532

Recommended Citation

SARAÇOĞLU, HATİCE TANER; ZENGİN, GÖKHAN; AKIN, MEHTAP; and AKTÜMSEK, APDURAHMAN (2012) "A comparative study on the fatty acid composition of the oils from five Bupleurum species collected from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 36: No. 5, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-1112-51
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol36/iss5/5