Kaya, AylaKurkcoglu, MineDinc, MuhittinDogu, Suleyman2024-02-232024-02-2320170019-5464https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.51.3s.9https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/169523rd Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MESMAP) -- APR 13-16, 2017 -- Girne, CYPRUSBackground: Ballota nigra L. is a member of Lamiaceae family and is represented in the Flora of Turkey by five subspecies. Subsp. uncinata is a mediterranean element while subsp. anatolica is a Irano-Turanian phytogeographic region. Material and Methods: The essential oils from aerial parts of subsp. uncinata and subsp. anatolica were isolated by hydrodistillation. The analysis was performed by using a gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC-MS) systems, simultaneously. Results: Twenty-two compounds were identified from the oil of subsp. uncinata representing 96.9% of the total oil and fourteen compounds were identified from the oil of subsp. anatolica representing 88% of the total oil. The major components were characterized as caryophyllene oxide (21.2%), hexadecanoic acid (19.9%), beta-caryophyllene (18.9%) for subsp. uncinata and hexadecanoic acid (40.9%) and beta-bisabolene (13.4%) for subsp. anatolica, respectively.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBallota NigraEssential OilSubsp UncinataSubsp AnatolicaTurkeyConference Object513S185S1892-s2.0-85025651758Q3WOS:000405924600009Q410.5530/ijper.51.3s.9