Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Achillea teretifolia Willd. and A-millefolium L. subsp millefolium Growing in Turkey

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oils of dried aerial parts of Aclullea teretifolia and A millefolium subsp. millefolium were analyzed by GC and GC-MS Sixty seven and 57 components were identified representing 95.58 and 91 41 % of the oils, respectively 3-Cyclohexen-1-one (21.61 %), linalool (14.32 %), 1.8-cineole (12.71 %), chrysanthenone (8.55 %), trans-chrysanthenol (7 83 %) and delta-cadinene (4 04 %) were found to be the major components in A. teretifolia while delta-cadinene (19.03 %), limonene oxide (10 13 %), alloaromadendrene (6 37 %), caryophyllene oxide (5.71 %) and trans-caryophyllene (4.89 %) were found as major constituents in A nullefolium subsp millefolium