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Essential oil composition ofArtemisia parvi?ora aerial parts

Jitendra P. JuyalM. Amparo BlázquezVirendra S. RanaSurendra H. Bodakhe

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biologyTraditional medicineMonoterpeneGeneral ChemistryAsteraceaeSesquiterpenebiology.organism_classificationTerpenoidlaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundCamphorchemistrylawBotanyArtemisiaChemical compositionEssential oilFood Science

description

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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1239