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Essential oil constituents of aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.
Author(s) -
Kapoor Reni,
Ali Mohammed,
Mir Showkat R.,
Rafiullah M. R. M.
Publication year - 2004
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.1278
Subject(s) - chemistry , myrcene , essential oil , scoparia , heptadecane , apiaceae , herb , menthone , steam distillation , monoterpene , terpenoid , botany , limonene , chromatography , organic chemistry , medicinal herbs , traditional medicine , stereochemistry , medicine , biology
Hydrodistilled oil obtained from the aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. was analysed by capillary GC and GC–MS. The volatile oil of the 10–15 cm high herb was composed mainly of eight monoterpenes (ca. 68.5%), and the predominant constituents were β ‐myrcene (24.4%), γ ‐terpinene (18.3%), neral (12.5%) and cis ‐ p ‐mentha‐2‐en‐1‐ol (5.1%). Among seven sesquiterpenes (6.9%) present in the oil, the prominent one was β ‐caryophyllene (3.4%). p ‐Cymene (17.4%) and p ‐cymene‐8‐ol were the characterized aromatic compounds in the volatile oil. Three aliphatic constituents, identied as n ‐octane, n ‐heptadecane and n ‐eicosane, occurred in trace amounts. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.