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Essential oil composition of Achillea millefolium L. growing wild in Kashmir, India
Author(s) -
Shawl A. S.,
Srivastava S. K.,
Syamasundar K. V.,
Tripathi S.,
Raina V. K.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1074
Subject(s) - achillea millefolium , germacrene , camphor , essential oil , germacrene d , chemistry , sesquiterpene , composition (language) , botany , asteraceae , eucalyptol , food science , stereochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract The aerial parts from the flowering plants of Achillea millefolium L., on hydrodistillation gave 0.014% (v/w) of an oil on fresh weight basis. GC and GC–MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 86 constituents, representing 97% of the oil. Camphor (28%), 1,8‐cineole (12%), germacrene‐D (12%) and cis ‐chrysanthenyl acetate (8%) were the major components. Further comparison of our results with those mentioned in the literature suggests that A. millefolium oils vary greatly along the species range. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.