Determination of the chemical composition of essential oil obtained from Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf leaves grown in Turkiye

Özet

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf  is an aromatic plant in the Poaceae family, known as lemongrass. C. citratus is widely grows naturally in India, Africa, South America, Indonesia, countries. It is used to make cosmetics and perfumes in the pharmaceutical industries, and as a culinary flavouring in the food industry. Leaves, aerial, roots of C. citratus has been used as cosmetics and perfumes, antipyretic, analgesic, spasmodic, diuretic, calming in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Essential oils of C. citratus comprises many chemical constituents such as citral  mycrene, genariol, citronellol  (cymbopogonol and cymbopogone) and α-oxobisabolene. It consist a significant group of essential oil, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and other phytochemicals that have pharmacological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, antioxidant, antinociceptive, antiobesity, antidiarrhoeal and anti-inflammatory properties that can improve health. In this study, the chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from the leaves of C. citratus was analyzed by GC-MS. The essential oil analysis of C. citratus revealed a composition dominated by four major compounds: Geraniol acetate, Citral, β-Citral, and geranial.