Essential oil composition of Bellardia trixago (L.) All. (Orobanchaceae) from Türkiye

Bellardia trixago (L.) All. (syn. Bartsia L.) is a hemiparasitic plant that mainly native to the Mediterranean area. Formerly, genus was considered be part of Scrophulariaceae family, but it currently classified as belonging family Orobanchaceae. species are used in traditional medicine by local people cure backache, menstrual problems and an antipyretic against human immunodeficiency virus. Various populations B. exhibit qualitative quantitative variations chemical composition plant. This research described from Dazkırı, Afyon/Türkiye. The essential oil obtained hydro-distillation method content analyzed GC-MS. Cembrene (51.7%) identified major component other most abundant components were phellandral (15.4%) α-terpineol (14.5%). To best knowledge, no has ever been performed on trixago's Türkiye.