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Essential oils from some Artemisia species growing spontaneously in North‐West Italy
Author(s) -
Mucciarelli M.,
Caramiello R.,
Maffei M.,
Chialva F.
Publication year - 1995
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.2730100105
Subject(s) - essential oil , botany , artemisia , camphor , chemistry , composition (language) , artemisia annua , biology , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , artemisinin , malaria , immunology , plasmodium falciparum
Essential oils were isolated from Artemisia abrotanum L., A. absinthium L., A. alba Turra, A. annua , L., A. campestris L. ssp. campestris, A. campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. M. Hall et Clements, A. chamaemelifolia Vill., A. genipi Weber, A. glacialis L., A. petrosa Baumg. ssp. eriantha Ten., A. umbelliformis Lam., A. vallesiaca All., A. verlotiorum Lamotte, A. vulgaris L., growing spontaneously in the north‐west Italian Alps. GC‐MS analyses were carried out in order to determine the percentage composition of the oils. The data obtained were statistically processed in order to partition the species according to their oil composition. The results showed the presence of two main groups of plants. The first group composed of A. genipi, A. umbelliformis and A. petrosa was characterized by the presence of α‐thujone, while camphor and 1,8‐cineole characterized the oil of the remaining plants.