Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region

Rosemary is an aromatic shrub native to the coasts of the Mediterranean region. Understanding the changes of chemical composition of essential oil is critical for more targeted rosemary harvesting, which can lead to higher-quality essential oils for agro-food, medicinal, and cosmetics uses. Therefor...

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Main Authors: Muzaffer Barut, Asiye Sena Cavdar, Leyla Sezen Tansı, Sengul Karaman
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Published: Hasan Eleroğlu 2022-10-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/5276
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Leyla Sezen Tansı
Sengul Karaman
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description Rosemary is an aromatic shrub native to the coasts of the Mediterranean region. Understanding the changes of chemical composition of essential oil is critical for more targeted rosemary harvesting, which can lead to higher-quality essential oils for agro-food, medicinal, and cosmetics uses. Therefore, rosemary plants were harvested at pre-flowering, full-flowering, and post-flowering stage grown in the experimental area of the Department of Field Crops at Çukurova University in order to determine the most suitable harvest time for the highest amount of essential oils and their important compounds. Essential oil content decreased slightly from the pre-flowering to post-flowering. The highest essential oil content (1.68%) was determined at the pre-flowering stage. Twenty-eight compounds were found representing 95.74%-96.74% of the total essential oil. The major compounds for rosemary were camphor (28.43%-32.74%), 1,8-cineol (20.80%-22.61%), isoborneol (6.05%-7.28%), verbenol (5.17%-6.98%), and limonene (5.71%-6.23%), respectively. Consequently, the optimal harvest time in terms of essential oil content, as well as camphor, 1,8-cineole and limonene content, may be considered as pre-flowering stage.
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spelling doaj-art-4821d9a2bfbf467ea9cfa79cda6d430a2025-08-20T01:56:20ZengHasan EleroğluTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2022-10-0110101862187010.24925/turjaf.v10i10.1862-1870.52762612Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean RegionMuzaffer Barut0Asiye Sena Cavdar1Leyla Sezen Tansı2Sengul Karaman3Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 AdanaDepartment of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 AdanaDepartment of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 AdanaBiology Department, Science and Letter Faculty, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, 46100 KahramanmaraşRosemary is an aromatic shrub native to the coasts of the Mediterranean region. Understanding the changes of chemical composition of essential oil is critical for more targeted rosemary harvesting, which can lead to higher-quality essential oils for agro-food, medicinal, and cosmetics uses. Therefore, rosemary plants were harvested at pre-flowering, full-flowering, and post-flowering stage grown in the experimental area of the Department of Field Crops at Çukurova University in order to determine the most suitable harvest time for the highest amount of essential oils and their important compounds. Essential oil content decreased slightly from the pre-flowering to post-flowering. The highest essential oil content (1.68%) was determined at the pre-flowering stage. Twenty-eight compounds were found representing 95.74%-96.74% of the total essential oil. The major compounds for rosemary were camphor (28.43%-32.74%), 1,8-cineol (20.80%-22.61%), isoborneol (6.05%-7.28%), verbenol (5.17%-6.98%), and limonene (5.71%-6.23%), respectively. Consequently, the optimal harvest time in terms of essential oil content, as well as camphor, 1,8-cineole and limonene content, may be considered as pre-flowering stage.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/5276rosmarinus officinalis l.lamiaceaeessential oilcamphor1,8-cineol
spellingShingle Muzaffer Barut
Asiye Sena Cavdar
Leyla Sezen Tansı
Sengul Karaman
Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
rosmarinus officinalis l.
lamiaceae
essential oil
camphor
1,8-cineol
title Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
title_full Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
title_fullStr Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
title_full_unstemmed Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
title_short Variation in Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) at Various Growth Stages in the Mediterranean Region
title_sort variation in essential oil content and chemical composition of rosemary rosmarinus officinalis l at various growth stages in the mediterranean region
topic rosmarinus officinalis l.
lamiaceae
essential oil
camphor
1,8-cineol
url http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/5276
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