Abstract
Two sarsaparilla species Smilax aspera L. and Smilax excelsa L. shows natural distribution in Hatay flora. In the study, besides some phenological and morphological characteristics, antioxidant capacity and fixed oil contents and components of Smilax species collected from different locations were determined. In the study, the highest 100 fruit weights with 37.69 g were obtained from the sample of S. aspera L. species collected from Yayladagi 2 location and the highest 100 seed weight with 24.47 g from Yayladagi 1 location. In terms of antioxidantcapacity of the leaves and fruits, nonsignificant differences were observed among the species and locations. The antioxidant capacities of leaves were changed 62.28 to 64.57 mmol.Fe+2/kg while fruit antioxidant capacities were ranged 63.91 to 66.31 mmol. Fe+2/kg. The highest value of seed fixed oil with 12.03% were obtained from the S. aspera L. sample collected in Iskenderun location. Major fatty acid component were found as vaccenic acid in general for all samples. The highest content of vaccenic acid found as 37.50% from S. aspera seed samples of Yayladagi 2 location.
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