title: Evaluation of oil content and fatty acid composition of five endemic Bupleurum species growing in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.
abstract: The fatty acid composition of five endemic Bupleurum (Apiaceae) species was analysed by GC technique for their nutritional value. The amount of oil content of the species varied from 3.77% to 7.03%. Twenty-one fatty acids were identified in the oils. The fatty acid composition of the studied species contained oleic, palmitic and linoleic acids as the major components. Oleic acid ranged from 8.81% to 68.30%, while the levels of palmitic acid were found to be between 12.47% and 47.85%. Bupleurum lycaonicum, Bupleurum sulphureum and Bupleurum heldreichii are very good sources of oleic acid. The remaining species were characterised as containing the highest level of palmitic acid. In this study, the total saturated fatty acids ranged between 15.02 and 65.20%, while total monounsaturated fatty acids were between 18.10 and 70.65%. The total polyunsaturated fatty acid accounted for 13.47-35.20% of the studied fatty acids. Therefore, we can conclude that Bupleurum oils have a significant nutritional value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Taner
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Saracoglu
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zengin
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aktumsek
mesh_terms: D029972:Bupleurum / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid