Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.36, sa.1, ss.1-7, 2007 (Scopus)
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., belonging to Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) is a cosmopolitan species growing in Turkey and worldwide. C. bursa-pastoris of which fresh basal leaves are consumed as salads or freshly cooked and the plant also has many medicinal activities that have been studied in detail (diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, hemostatic etc.). In this study we compared the fixed oil composition of the seeds and roots of the species with the compositions of them in the literature. Seed oil was found to be rich in unsaturated fatty acids (oleic 22.863%; linoleic 20.859%; linolenic 12.197%) whereas the root oil was rich in palmitic acid (44%).