Chemical composition and antioxidant activities of leaf and flower essential oils of origanum onites l. (lamiaceae) growing in mount ida-Turkey
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The chemical composition of leaf and flower essential oils of Origanum onites L. were analyzed
using Thermo Scientific TSQ GC-MS/MS. Also, antioxidant activities of the leaf and flower essential oils
were investigated by using DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging activity and βcarotene linoleic acid assays. BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene) were
used as standards. The essential oil yields of O. onites were 1.75% for leaves and 4.25% for flowers. A
total of twenty-three compounds representing 99.9% of leaf oil and twenty-four compounds constituted
99.6% of the flower oil were determined. Oxygenated monoterpenes were detected at a high percentage
(69.2%) in leaf essential oil, and carvacrol (64.9%) was determined as the main compound. Also, flower
essential oil was dominated by sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (73.5%), and α-cubebene (36.4%) was
determined as a primary compound. For leaf oil, a high antioxidant capacity was determined, primarily
due to carvacrol and p-cymene.
