The Investigation on Drug Yield and Some Quality Characteristics of Mountain Tea (Sideritis congesta) Cultivated in Turkey

Abstract

This research has been conducted under Konya ecological conditions to determine the effect on yıeld and quality some characters of nitrogen fertilizers applied at the different doses of Sideritis congesta in Medicinal Plants laboratory and Medicinal Plants Experimental Farm of Agriculture Faculty, Selcuk Universty. Experiment was designed and applied in randomized complete plotdesign with three replications in the year of 2012-2013. According to results of this researh; the plant height of Sideritis congesta was varied between 58.66-64.33 cm, the number of flowering branches 49.00-55.00, fresh flowering yield 446.66 - 623.33 kg/da, essential oil yield 0.24-0.33 % and major essential oil component (β –pinene) 43.24 and 48,45. The highest drug flower yield and essential oil yield for mountain tea in Konya and similar ecology 10 kg/da nitrogen fertizer application is reasonabled.

Keywords

• Mountain tea
• Sideritis congesta
• Essential oil
• β –pinene
• Fertilizer

The Investigation on Drug Yield and Some Quality Characteristics of Mountain Tea (Sideritis congesta) Cultivated in Turkey

Abstract

This research has been conducted under Konya ecological conditions to determine the effect on yıeld and quality some characters of nitrogen fertilizers applied at the different doses of Sideritis congesta in Medicinal Plants laboratory and Medicinal Plants Experimental Farm of Agriculture Faculty, Selcuk Universty. Experiment was designed and applied in randomized complete plotdesign with three replications in the year of 2012-2013.  According to results of this researh; the plant height of Sideritis congesta was varied between 58.66-64.33 cm, the number of flowering branches 49.00-55.00, fresh flowering yield 446.66 - 623.33 kg/da, essential oil yield 0.24-0.33 % and major essential oil component (β –pinene) 43.24 and 48,45.  The highest drug flower yield and essential oil yield for mountain tea in Konya and similar ecology 10 kg/da nitrogen fertizer application is reasonabled.

Keywords

• Mountain tea
• Sideritis congesta
• Essential oil
• β –pinene
• Fertilizer

References

1. Heywood, V. H. (1999). Use and potential of wild plants in farm households (No. 15). Food & Agriculture Org.
2. Barber, J. C., Francisco-Ortega, J., Santos-Guerra, A., Turner, K. G., & Jansen, R. K. (2002). Origin of Macaronesian Sideritis L. (Lamioideae: Lamiaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast sequence datasets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 23 (3), 293-306.
3. Aytaç, Z., & Aksoy, A. (2000). A new Sideritis species (Labiatae) from Turkey. Flora Medit, 10, 181-184.
4. Davis, P. H. (1975). Flora of Turkey and The East Aegean Islands, Vol. 10, Univ. Press, Edinburgh.
5. Kirimer, N., Tabanca, N., Özek, T., Baser, K. H. C., Tümen, G., & Duman, H. (2003). Composition of essential oils from five endemic Sideritis species. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 15(4), 221-225.
6. Kirimer, N., Tabanca, N., Demirci, B., Baser, K. H. C., Duman, H., & Aytac, Z. (2001). The essential oil of a new Sideritis species: Sideritis ozturkii Aytac and Aksoy. Chemistry of natural compounds, 37(3), 234-237.
7. Goren, A. C., Kilic, T., Yildiz, Y. K., & Tumen, G. (2002). Diterpenes from Sideritis trojana. Natural product letters, 16(1), 33-37.
8. Akcos, Y., Ezer, N., Ozcelik, B., & Abbasoglu, U. (1998). Iridoid glucosides from Sideritis lycia Boiss. & Heldr. and its antimicrobial activities. FABAD Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23, 99-103.

9. Ezer, N. (1980). Sideritis congesta Davis et Huber-Morath üzerinde farmakognozik araştırmalar (Dr. Tezi). Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilim. Enst., ANKARA.
10. Akcos, Y. (1994). Sideritis lycia Boiss. & Heldr. üzerinde farmakognozik araştırmalar. Bilim Uzmanlığı Tezi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara.
11. Akcos, Y., Ezer, N., Calis, I., Demirdamar, R., & Tel, B. C. (1999). Polyphenolic compounds of Sideritis lycia and their anti-inflammatory activity. Pharmaceutical biology, 37(2), 118-122.
12. Ezer, N., Akcos, Y., Rodriguez, B., & Abbasoğlu, U. (1995). Sideritis libanotica Labill. subsp. linearis (Bentham) Bornm.’den elde edilen iridoit heteroziti ve antimikrobiyal aktivitesi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Journal Fac. Pharm, 15, 15-21.
13. Akçay, Y., Ezer, N., Demirdamar, R., & Tel, B. C. (1997). 4-O-Metilhipoletin-7-Asetilglukopiranozit ve Antienflamatuar Aktivitesi, XI. Çoşkun, M., Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, 555.
14. Kösedağ, A. (2005). Sideritis stricta boiss. & heldr bitkisinin fitokimyasal analizi.
15. Öztürk, Y., Aydin, S., Öztürk, N., & Can Başer, K. H. (1996). Effects of extracts from certain Sideritis species on swimming performance in mice. Phytotherapy Research, 10(1), 70-73.
16. Sari, A. O., Bilgin, O., & Bilgiç, A. (2005). Dağ Çayinda (Sideritis perfoliata L.) Bitki Sıklığınının Verim Üzerine Etkisi. Anadolu Ege Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, 15(1).