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Fatty acid and 3‐hydroxy fatty acid composition of two Hypericum species from Turkey
Author(s) -
Özen Hasan Çetin,
Başshan Mehmet,
Keskin Cumali,
Toker Zuhal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/ejlt.200300828
Subject(s) - hypericum perforatum , chemistry , hypericum , fatty acid , gas chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , composition (language) , chromatography , mass spectrometry , food science , botany , biology , organic chemistry , traditional medicine , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
The fatty acid compositions of flowering tops of Hypericum perforatum L. and Hypericum retusum Aucher ( Guttiferae ) were analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. The major components were C16:0 (24.87%), C18:3 n ‐3 (21.94%), 3‐OH‐C18:0 (18.46%) and 3‐OH‐C14:0 (14.22%) for H. perforatum L. and 3‐OH‐C14:0 (28.29%), C18:0 (16.47%) and C16:0 (14.17%) for H. retusum Aucher. Besides widespread plant fatty acids, 3‐hydroxy fatty acids, namely 3‐hydroxytetradecanoic acid (3‐OH‐C14:0) and 3‐hydroxyoctadecanoic acid (3‐OH‐C18:0) were also obtained.