TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, cilt.46, sa.4, ss.1234-1244, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
The essential oil (EO) of Cota tinctoria var. tinctoria was analyzed using GC-FID/MS. A total of 51 compounds were determined from this taxon, accounting for 99.79% in hydrodistillation. Monoterpenes were the primary chemical class for the volatile organic compounds in the EO (36.1%, 13 compounds). Borneol (18.1%), camphor (14.9%), and beta-pinene (11.3%) were the major components in the EO of C tinctoria var. tinctoria. The antimicrobial activities of EO and n-hexane, acetonitrile, methanol, and water solvent extracts of the taxon were screened in vitro against ten microorganisms. The EO yielded the best activity (15 mm, 372.5 MIC, 59600 mu g/pL) against Mycobacterium smegmatis. The acetonitrile extract was the most active against the Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus with 274 mu g/mL MIC value. IC50 values for the lipase enzyme inhibitory activity of EO and solvent extracts (n-hexane, acetonitrile, methanol, and water) were found to be 59.80 +/- 4.3285 mu g/mL 68.28 +/- 3.1215 mu g/mL, 52.60 +/- 3.7526 mu g/mL, 48.73 +/- 2.8265 mu g/mL, and 99.50 +/- 5.5678 mu g/mL, respectively.