Chemical Composion of the Essential Oil of Five Artemisia Species from Iran

Abstract

Abstract The essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of A. annua L., A. scoparia waldst & kit. A. spicigera C. Koch., L. vulgaris L. and A. absinthium L. that grow wild in Iran. The oils were analyzed by capillary GC and GC-MS. The highest oil yield was obtained from A. absinthium (0.92%). The main constituents of the oils were as fallow: A. annua; Artemisia ketone (14.3%), 1.8–cineole+limonene (9.8%), pinocarvone (9.1%), ß-selinene (8.9%), camphor (8.1%) andy-muurolene (7.1%). A. scoparia; Capillene (48.5%), ß-pinene (9.8%), 1.8–cineole+ limonene (9.2%), camphor (6.9%) and capilline (5.6%). A. spicigera; Camphor (40.0%), 1.8–cineole+ limonene (31.0%) and camphene (5.5%). A. vulgaris; Clemol (8.9%), 1,8 cineole + limonene (7.5%), ot-eudesmol (6.6%) and spathulenol (3.7%). A. absinthium; ot-Phellandrene (25.5%), ß-pinene (25.4%), sabinene (14.4%) and p-cymene (7.6%).