Essential Oil Composition of the Aerial Parts of Two Artemisia Species (A. vulgaris and A. absinthium) from East Anatolian Region

Abstract

The aerial parts of Artemisia vulgaris and A. absinthium (Asteraceae) were hydro-distilled to produce the oils in the yields of 0.5 % (v/w) and 0.8 % (v/w) respectively. The oils were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Thirty five and Thirty one components were identified representing 87.1 % and 90.8 % of the oils, respectively. The main compounds of A. vulgaris were beta-thujene (36.0 %), alpha-thujene (13.6 %), chrysanthenon (5.6 %), piperitone oxide (4.1 %) and caryophyllene oxide (3.1 %) whereas chamazulene (28.6%) (-) spathulenol (7.4 %), 1-phellandrene (6.1 %), beta-calacorene (5.6 %), sabinene (5.5 %), cis-epoxyocimene (4.5 %) and 1H-indene (3.9 %) were the major constituents of A. absinthium. The results discussed with the genus patterns.