Essential oil composition of <i>Achillea santolina</i> L. and <i>Achillea biebersteinii Afan.</i> collected in Jordan

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Abstract The essential oils of Achillea santolina L. and A. biebersteinii Afan., collected in Jordan, have been studied. The former has never been previously investigated, while the latter evidenced from a literature survey a high variability. The two oils were quite different: A. santolina oil showed mainly 1,8‐cineole, camphor, 4‐terpineol and trans ‐carveol, while A. biebersteinii oil contained cis ‐ascaridole, p ‐cymene, carvenone oxide and camphor among its principal constituents. This is the second report of carvenone oxide from a natural source. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.