Composition of the essential oils of Artemesia fragrans, A. spicigera, and A. szowitziana

Essential oil variation in the populations ofArtemisia spicigerafrom northwest of Iran: Chemical composition and antibacterial activity

“…1,8-Cineole, camphor, camphene, α-thujone, β-thujone and p-cymene were found to be the highest amounts, and between them, 1,8-cineole, camphor, and camphene were common in essential oils of the all populations. Our results are in accordance with those published by Demirci et al (2005) and Guevenalp et al (1998) that introduced 1,8-cineole, camphene and camphor as a major components of the essential oil in A. spicigera and very similar to reports of Aleskerova et al (1986) and Anonymous (2008) that demonstrated the main compounds of essential oil are camphor and 1,8-cineole, but are different from some other reports.…”

“…It is an Iran-Turanian element that grows on dry slopes, steppes and rarely in salty areas with altitude about 300-2000 m (Guvenalp et al, 1998). Some researchers have reported the chemical composition of essential oils of A. spicigera (Aleskerova et al, 1986;Guevenalp, 1998;Guvenalp et al, 1998;Sefidkon et al, 2003;Kordali et al, 2005Kordali et al, , 2007Demirci et al, 2005;Rabie et al, 2006;Anon., 2008). The above mentioned studies display the different oil chemotypes, which strongly correlate with a different geographical origin, the plant material, the vegetative period, and method used for isolating the essential oils.…”

Chemical Constituent, Antimicrobial Activity, and Synergistic Effect of the Stem, Leaf, and Flower Essential Oil of the Artemisia fragrans Willd. from Khoy

“…Due to the importance of this plant in Iran, the chemical composition of EOs extracted from A. fragrans collected from Iran and other countries have been reported in several studies as listed in Table 2 for better comparison. As exhibited in Table 2, Camphor and 1–8‐Cineole are the major constituents in almost all of extracted EOs in the reported studies [14,16,19–25] and also in all segments of the plant in the current study. In only two studies, Borneol [20,25] and Camphene [14,20] were found as the main constituents of EOs of the plant.…”

“…In the rural area of Khoy, people use the Artemisia plant as a broom because of its resilience, its pleasant aroma lingering in the air, and its ability to repel insects and vermin. Until now, there are several reports on the composition of EOs of this plant and their antimicrobial effects in Iran [14,16,19–23] and other countries [24,25] . While A. fragrans is a perennial plant, Khoy's locals usually harvest the plant from its roots for their applications.…”

Essential Oil Composition ofArtemisia fragransWilld. from Iran

“…Gas chromatography of the A.fragrans oils enabled identification of terpenes such as 1,8-cineole (36%), α-thujone (28%), β-thujone (12%), camphor (7%) and p-cymene (0.8%), in addition to small amounts of other terpenes (2). In addition, the isolation and identification of some sesquiterpenes from A. fragrans has been reported (3-7).…”