BIORESOURCES, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.8797-8811, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
The chemical
compositions, antioxidant activities, and antimicrobial activities of the
essential oils acquired from the separated parts of air-dried flowers, leaves,
and stems of Alyssoides utriculata L.
plant growing in Turkiye were determined. Three volatile oil components were acquired
via hydrodistillation using a Clevenger apparatus and analyzed by the
Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry/Flame
Ionization Detection (GC-MS/FID) analysis. A total of 75, 67, and 76
compounds in the volatile oils of flower, leaves, and stem of A. utriculata were identified,
respectively. The highest percentage of chemical compounds in the essential
oils of A. utriculata were determined
to be monoterpenes in flowers and leaves, (72.4% and 66.5%) and hydrocarbons
(29.2%) in stems. While α-pinene (62.5%
and 46.7%) was defined as the major compound in the flowers and leaves, nonane
(21.2%) was determined to be so in the stem essential oil. The antioxidant
activity of the obtained essential oils was determined according to free
radical scavenging and total phenolic content (TPC), and antimicrobial activity
against 12 bacteria and 5 fungi, using the agar dilution method. The amount of TPC
and scavenging activity of the flower oil were found to be 440.61 ± 6.26 mg
GAE/L and 46.00 ± 1.28%, respectively. Based on the antimicrobial activity
results, all the essential oils of A.
utriculata were determined to have antimicrobial activity against Escherichia
coli and Bacillus subtilis.