TY - JOUR AU - KURSAT, Murat AU - EMRE, Irfan AU - YILMAZ, Okkeș AU - CIVELEK, Semsettin AU - DEMIR, Ersin AU - TURKOGLU, Ismail PY - 2015/12/13 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Phytochemical Contents of Five Artemisia Species JF - Notulae Scientia Biologicae JA - Not Sci Biol VL - 7 IS - 4 SE - Research articles DO - 10.15835/nsb749683 UR - https://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/9683 SP - 495-499 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In the present study, the fatty acid compositions, vitamin, sterol contents and flavonoid constituents of five Turkish <em>Artemisia </em>species (<em>A. armeniaca</em>, <em>A. incana , A. tournefortiana, A. haussknechtii </em> and<em> A. scoparia</em>) were determined by GC and HPLC techniques. The results of the fatty acid analysis showed that <em>Artemisia </em>species possess high saturated fatty acid compositions. On the other hand, the studied <em>Artemisia </em>species were found to have low vitamin and sterol contents. Eight flavononids (catechin, naringin, rutin, myricetin, morin, naringenin, quercetin, kaempferol) were determined in the present study. It was found that <em>Artemisia </em>species contained high levels of flavonoids. Morin (45.35 ± 0.65 – 1406.79 ± 4.12 μg/g) and naringenin (15.32 ± 0.46 – 191.18 ± 1.22 μg/g) were identified in all five species. Naringin (268.13 ± 1.52 – 226.43 ± 1.17 μg/g) and kaempferol (21.74 ± 0.65 – 262.19 ± 1.38 μg/g) contents were noted in the present study. Present research showed that the studied <em>Artemisia </em>taxa have high saturated fatty acids and also rich flavonoid content.</p> ER -