Chemical composition of Salvia yangii B.T. Drew essential oil

Year 2025, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 169 - 176, 31.12.2025

Kübra Öğüt , Temel Özek

https://doi.org/10.55971/EJLS.1818243

Abstract

Several aromatic species within the genus Salvia (Lamiaceae) possess essential oils. People use these kinds of oils a lot in perfumes, traditional medicine, and flavoring. Salvia yangii B.T. Drew (syn. Perovskia atriplicifolia Benth.), often known as Russian sage, is a perennial shrub native to Central and Southwestern Asia. Given its ornamental and aromatic significance, there is a paucity of phytochemical data concerning the volatile chemicals of this species, particularly those cultivated in Türkiye.
The present study analyzed the essential oil extracted from the aerial parts of S. yangii to determine its chemical composition through gas chromatography with flame ionization detection and mass spectrometry (GC–FID/MS). Forty compounds have been determined, accounting for 95.23% of the total composition. The essential oil was primarily composed of oxygenated monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, with camphor (17.39 ± 0.01%), 1,8-cineole (13.10 ± 0.00%), and β-caryophyllene (11.48 ± 0.01%) as its major compounds.
This study is, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive report on the volatile composition of S. yangii grown in Türkiye. The results provide important reference data for future chemotaxonomic and phytochemical studies of the Salvia genus. These findings provide possibilities for further investigation into the distinctive characteristics of S. yangii and its potential applications in medicine, agriculture, and other domains. They also show how important regional studies are for learning about the variety and usefulness of plant species.

Keywords

Salvia yangii , Perovskia atriplicifolia , Essential oil , Camphor , 1,8-cineole

Ethical Statement

Not applicable, because this article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects.

Supporting Institution

Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Eskişehir, Türkiye.

Thanks

The authors sincerely thank Dr. Ö. Koray Yaylacı for the identification of the plant material and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tarık Kara for his valuable assistance in ensuring the cultivation and increase of the plant material used in this study.

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