Essential oil content and composition of Cotinus coggygria Scop. from Hatay, Turkey

Abstract

Cotinus coggygria Scop. (Anacardiaceae) is generally cultivated for industrial purposes in many countries. Present study was aimed to identify and essential oil contents and composition of smoke tree (C. coggygria) plants collected from Hatay province. GC-MS (Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry) was used to analyze the essential oil contents and determine their composition in the leaves. In the present study essential oil content was found as 1.66%. Totally eighteen different components were identified from the leaves, representing 98.67% of the total components detected. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and monoterpenes were composed most of the essential oil. The main constituents were identified as caryophyllene oxide (9.87%), α-myrcene (8.80%), β-caryophyllene (12.71%), germacrene-d (14.65%) and geranyl acetate (39.87%). The essential oil from Hatay resulted in higher essential oil content with higher geranyl acetate that could be useful in different industries.