The compositions of the essential oils of 5 Turkish Salvia species, namely Salvia aucheri Bentham var. aucheri (endemic for Turkey), Salvia aramiensis Rech. fil., Salvia fruticosa Mill., Salvia tomentosa Mill., and Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn & Bornm.) Bornm., were studied. | Turk J Biol 34 (2010) 89-95 © TÜBİTAK doi: Characterization of essential oils of some Salvia species and their antimycobacterial activities Tülin AŞKUN1, K. Hüsnü Can BAŞER2, Gülendam TÜMEN1, Mine KÜRKÇÜOĞLU2 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Balıkesir University, 10145, Balıkesir - TURKEY 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskişehir - TURKEY Received: Abstract: The compositions of the essential oils of 5 Turkish Salvia species, namely Salvia aucheri Bentham var. aucheri (endemic for Turkey), Salvia aramiensis Rech. fil., Salvia fruticosa Mill., Salvia tomentosa Mill., and Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn & Bornm.) Bornm., were studied. Water distilled essential oils from the aerial parts of Salvia species from Turkey were analysed by GC and GC/MS. Salvia aucheri var. aucheri, Salvia aramiensis, and Salvia fruticosa oils have the same main constituent: 1,8-cineole (, , and respectively). α-Pinene (), camphor (), and borneol () were identified as the major components of Salvia tomentosa. The main constituents, β-pinene () and 1,8-cineole (), were also the major constituents in the oil of Salvia verticillata subsp. amasiaca. S. verticillata subsp. amasiaca, S. aucheri subsp. Aucheri, and S. tomentosa showed activity (MIC 196 μg/mL), while S. aramiensis and S. fruticosa did not. This is the first study of the antimycobacterial activity of these 5 plants. Key words: Antimycobacterial activity, fungi, Salvia, essential oil Bazı Salvia türlerinin uçucu yağlarının karakterizasyonu ve antimikobakteriyel aktivitesi Özet: Türkiyede yetişen 5 Salvia türünün; Salvia aucheri Bentham var. aucheri (Türkiye için endemik), Salvia aramiensis Rech. fil., Salvia fruticosa Mill., Salvia tomentosa Mill. ve Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn & Bornm.) Bornm.’nın uçucu yağ kompozisyonu çalışıldı. Salvia türlerinin topraküstü .
