Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
3. International Baku Scientific Researches Conference, Baku, Azerbaycan, 15 Ekim 2021, ss.192-194
Essential oils are usually complex mixtures of natural compounds of both polar and apolar
structure. Essential oils consist mainly of terpenoids and their oxygenated derivatives.
Essential oils, which have antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, have therapeutic properties
and are the raw materials of cosmetics, as well as acting as natural additives in foods and food
products. Calamintha nepeta (L.) savi. subsp. glandulosa, a perennial plant belonging to the
Lamiaceae family, is a medicinal and aromatic plant that stands out for its rich essential oil
components. In traditional medicine, the plant has been used as an antiseptic, stimulant,
antispasmodic and diuretic. The genus Calamintha is represented in the flora of Turkey by a
total of 13 taxa with subspecies, 6 of which are endemic, among 9 species. In this study, the
essential oil components of Calamintha nepeta plants were investigated collected from the
Amlakit (1900 m) and Çat (1750 m) plateau of Rize at the time of flowering. The proportion
of essential oils of the plant harvested during the full flowering period and the aromatic
components in the essential oil of the plant were determined using the SPME (Solid Phase
Microextraction) method in a Gas Chromatography (GC-MS) device. Almost 30 different
components were found as a result of the analysis. The main components were found as
pulegone (30.3%) and menthone (12.1%) in Amlakıt plateau and pulegone (25.5%) and
menthone (16.7%) in Çat plateau.