PJB-2018-1580
Chemical composition of essential oil obtained from Artemesia absinthium L. grown under the climatic condition of Skardu-Baltistan of Pakistan
Syed Arif Hussain Rizvi, Tao Lin and Xinnian Zeng
Abstract
The common wormwood Artemisia absinthium (L.) is an aromatic perennial herb, which is wildly grown in the Skardu Baltistan. Locally its fresh and dried form is used as both medicinal and insecticidal purposes. This study first time reports the chemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oil obtained from aerial parts of A. absinthium. Upon hydro-distillation, it gave dark green colored oil with yield 0.41% (w/w) (based on sheltered dried plant parts). The variation in chemical composition and their relative percentage in essential oil of A. absinthium are cited to vary qualitatively and quantitatively according to geographical location and environmental conditions.The GC-MS analysis of A. absinthium essential oil obtained from the population collected from Skardu Baltistan also showed variation in chemical composition and their relative percentage. Theoil was dominated by Sesquiterpenes (61.01%) and Monoterpenes (17.92%). The major dominating constitutes were Guaiol (19.33%), α-Bisabolol (8.83%), Carveol (6.16%), Chamazulene (5.94%), Limonen-6-ol, Pivalate (5.37%) and Geranyl-α-Terpinene (5.63%), which accounts overall 51.62% of total constitutes identified
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