Evaluation of volatile oil components of Salvia multicaulis plant growing in Malatya-Akçadağ region

Plant species belonging to the Salvia genus are remarkable plants in the fields of tea, spices, cosmetics, medicine, and traditional medicine due to their chemical composition. The Salviamulticaulis is a species belonging to this plant genus. It has many pharmacologica lactivities due to the terpene and terpenoid-type compoundszit contains. Naturally, the chemical contents of plants growing in different geographies vary depending on the ecological conditions of the places where they grow. For this reason, their bioactivities also change. In this study, the Salvia multicaulis plant, which grows naturally in the Akçadağ-Malatya region, was collected from two different locations (Yukarıörükçü, Y: 38°27'07.9"N 38°01'56.6"E andwest of Ancar, E: 38°29'53.0"N). 37°55'55.0"E) in May, JuneandJuly 2023. The ground parts of the plant were dried with out sunlight and essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation method. The chemical contents of essential oils consisting of six parts were determined by the GC-MS analysis method. Functional groups of the main components were determined by the FT-IR spectroscopic analysis method. Accordingly, depending on the month and location difference, the main components and their percent ageratios, it was observed that it varied as α-pinene (11.60%, 10.02%), eucalyptol (13.88%, 18.39%), camphor (10.88%, 7.43%) and α-eudesmol (10.25%, 7.20%); α-pinene (13.72, 11.02%), camphene (6.93, 6.11%), eucalyptol (14.89, 21.33%) andcamphor (16.02, 6.18%); α-pinene (11.64, 11.69%), camphene (8.27, 7.21%), eucalyptol (19.57, 23.93%), camphor (16.02, 6.18%) andisoborneol (5.12, 5.05%). KEYWORDS: Volatile oil, Chemical component, Salvia multicaulis, Hydrodistillation