Essential oil composition of Artemisia parviflora aerial parts

✍ Scribed by Virendra S. Rana; Jitendra P. Juyal; M. Amparo Blazquez; Surendra H. Bodakhe

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1239

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of A. parviflora was analysed by GC and GC–MS. Twenty‐two compounds, accounting for 72.7% of the oil, were identified. The main components identified were β‐caryophyllene (15.3%), germacrene D (14.7%), camphor (11.4%), artemisia ketone (7.8%), 1,8‐cineole (5.8%), α‐copaene (2.6%), artemisia alcohol (2.6%), terpinene‐4‐ol (2.3%), caryophyllene oxide (1.2%), α‐pinene (1.1%), sabinyl acetate (1.1%) and α‐humulene (1.1%). Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.