title: Identification of Aroma Compounds of Lamiaceae Species in Turkey Using the Purge and Trap Technique.
abstract: The present research was planned to characterize the aroma composition of important members of theLamiaceaefamily such asSalvia officinalis,Lavandula angustifoliaandMentha asiatica. Aroma components of theS. officinalis,L. angustifoliaandM. asiaticawere extracted with the purge and trap technique with dichloromethane and analyzed with the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. A total of 23, 33 and 33 aroma compounds were detected inSalvia officinalis,Lavandula angustifoliaandMentha asiatica, respectively including, acids, alcohols, aldehydes, esters, hydrocarbons and terpenes. Terpene compounds were both qualitatively and quantitatively the major chemical group among the identified aroma compounds, followed by esters. The main terpene compounds were 1,8-cineole, sabinene and linalool inSalvia officinalis,Lavandula angustifoliaandMentha asiatica, respectively. Among esters, linalyl acetate was the only and most important ester compound which was detected in all samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27100, Turkey. sonmezdag@gantep.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Ahmet Salih
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sonmezdag
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Adana Science and Technology University, Adana 01100, Turkey. hkelebek@adanabtu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Hasim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kelebek
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Adana 01330, Turkey. sselli@cu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selli
keywords: Lavandula angustifolia; Mentha asiatica; Salvia officinalis; aroma; purge and trap