Aroma Profile of Origanum Vulgare L. Subsp. Viride (Boiss.) Hayek, Satureja Hortensis L. And Thymbra Sintenisii Bornm. & Aznav. Subsp. Isaurica P.h. Davis Used as Condiment and Herbal Tea in Turkey

The constituents of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation of the aerial of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. viride (Boiss.) Hayek, Satureja hortensis L. and Thymbra sintenisii Bornm. & Aznav. subsp. isaurica P.H. Davis from Turkey have been determined by GC and GC-MS. A total of 15, 19 and 20 components were identified accounting for 78.5%, 99.9% and 96.6% of the oils of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. viride (Boiss.) Hayek, Satureja hortensis L. and Thymbra sintenisii Bornm. & Aznav. subsp. isaurica P.H. Davis, respectively. The oil of O.vulgare contained, as main components, o-cymene (35.1%), linalyl propanoate (8.1%), linalool (6.9%), ?-myrcene (5.7%), ?-pinene (5.1%) and limonene (4.8%). Major compounds in the volatile oil of S. hortensis were carvacrol (21.9%), terpinolene (20.1%), p-cymene (18.1%), thymol (11.4%), aromadendrene (6.4%), ?-caryophyllene (4.5%) and ?-caryophyllene (4.2%). The major constituents of the essential oil of T. sintenisii were o-cymene(34.7%), caryophyllene (14.2%), aromadendrene (8.0%), carvacrol (7.2%), borneol (6.8%) and thymol (6.7%). The essential oil of S. hortensis was characterized by its high content of carvacrol (21.9%), whereas o-cymene was the most important constituent of the essential oil of O. vulgare and T.sintenisii (35.1% and 34.7% respectively).