Open AccessChemical composition and antioxidant activity of the leaf essential oil of Artemisia absinthium growing wild in Kashmir, India
Author(s) -
Humara Wani,
Shakeel A. Shah,
Javid A. Banday
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of phytopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-480X
DOI - 10.31254/phyto.2014.3203
Subject(s) - essential oil , dpph , antioxidant , sesquiterpene , chemistry , monoterpene , composition (language) , food science , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , artemisia , botany , mass spectrometry , biology , chromatography , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The essential oil composition of the leaves of Artemisia absinthium, growing in Kashmir, India, along with its antioxidant activity, is reported in the present study. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed the presence of twelve constituents, representing 99.99% of the total oil. The major constituents of the oil were Chrysanthenyl acetate (49.15%) and L-β-pinene (39.62%). The monoterpene content in the oil was found to be 98.76 %, while as sesquiterpene hydrocarbon content was 1.23%. The essential oil was evaluated for antioxidant activity with DPPH radical, exhibiting promising antioxidant profile.