Determining the essential oil components and plant nutrient element values of some Satureja genotypes was written by Gedik, Osman;Kocabas, Yusuf Ziya;Cinar, Orcun. And the article was included in South African Journal of Botany in 2022.Reference of 499-75-2 This article mentions the following:
The essential oil components and plant nutrient element values of a total of 4 different genotypes of two different species in the genus Satureja were determined in the present study. Nurhak, Baskonus, and Kapidere genotypes were classified as belonging to Satureja hortensis L., and Goksun genotype to Satureja cuneifolia Ten. The plant samples of the genotypes were taken during the flowering period, dried in the shade, and the resulting herbals were used for essential oil extraction and plant nutrient identification. The essential oil ratio among the genotypes was between 1.83-3.00% and the highest essential oil ratio was obtained from the Baskonus genotype with 3.00%. A total of 27 different components were determined in the essential oil of the genotypes, and the main components were found to be carvacrol (5.28-64.00%) and thymol (0.28-40.96%), -terpinene (17.23-32.36%), and cymene (7.78-16.80%). Regarding the plant nutrients, the highest Ca, Mn, Fe, and Mg values were found in Kapidere genotype; Zn, Na, and P in Baskonus genotype, K in Nurhak and Baskonus genotypes, and the highest Cu was detected in Nurhak genotype. Baskonus genotype stood out in terms of essential oil and carvacrol ratios. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 5-Isopropyl-2-methylphenol (cas: 499-75-2Reference of 499-75-2).
5-Isopropyl-2-methylphenol (cas: 499-75-2) belongs to alcohols. Alcohols are weak acids. The most acidic simple alcohols (methanol and ethanol) are about as acidic as water, and most other alcohols are somewhat less acidic. Tertiary alcohols cannot be oxidized at all without breaking carbon-carbon bonds, whereas primary alcohols can be oxidized to aldehydes or further oxidized to carboxylic acids.Reference of 499-75-2
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