%0 Journal Article
%T Composition of the Essential oil of Artemisia absinthium from Tajikistan
%A Farukh S. Sharopov
%A Vasila A. Sulaimonova
%A William N. Setzer
%J Records of Natural Products
%D 2012
%I ACG Publications
%X Three samples of Artemisia absinthium were collected from two different locations in the central-south of Tajikistan. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry. A total of 41 compounds were identified representing 72-94% of total oil compositions. The major components of A. absinthium oil were myrcene (8.6-22.7%), cis-chrysanthenyl acetate (7.7-17.9%), a dihydrochamazulene isomer (5.5-11.6%), germacrene D (2.4-8.0%), ¦Â-thujone (0.4-7.3%), linalool acetate (trace-7.0%), ¦Á-phellandrene (1.0-5.3%), and linalool (5.3-7.0%). The chemical compositions of A. absinthium from Tajikistan are markedly different from those from European, Middle Eastern, or other Asian locations and likely represent new chemotypes.
%K Artemisia absinthium
%K essential oil composition
%K cluster analysis
%K myrcene
%K cis-chrysanthenyl acetate.
%U http://www.acgpubs.org/RNP/2012/Volume%206/Issue%201/18-RNP-1011-398.pdf