Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from Artemisia arborescens L. Growing Wild in Algeria

Abstract

Essential oil extracted from dried aerial part of Artemisia arborescens L. collected from Bejaia (Algeria), was analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main constituents of the essential oil were chamazulene (30.2%), �-thujone (27.8%), �-eudesmol (8.1%) and catalponol (5.5%).