| artemisia absinthium herb oil italy | |||
| Mucciarelli et al. (1995) performed GC/MS analysis on oils obtained from a number of Artemisia species growing in northwest Italy. In this study, they determined that an oil of A. absinthum contained: | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | trace | artemisyl alcohol | |
| 46 | trace | artemisyl ketone | |
| 31 | trace | ascaridole | |
| 55 | trace | (E)-alpha- | bergamotol |
| 54 | trace | alpha- | bisabolol |
| 58 | trace | bisabolol oxide | |
| 36 | trace | borneol | |
| 42 | trace | bornyl acetate | |
| 56 | trace | alpha- | cadinol |
| 4 | trace | camphene | |
| 47 | trace | camphenilone | |
| 21 | 0.4 | camphor | |
| 59 | 0.3 | carvacrol | |
| 39 | trace | trans- | carveol |
| 25 | trace | carvone | |
| 50 | 0.5 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 57 | 0.4 | caryophyllene oxide | |
| 41 | trace | (E)- | chrysanthenyl acetate |
| 40 | trace | (Z)- | chrysanthenyl acetate |
| 28 | 2.0 | 1,8- | cineole |
| 48 | 0.2 | alpha- | copaene |
| 52 | trace | epi- | cubenol |
| 45 | 0.2 | cuminaldehyde | |
| 12 | 1.0 | para- | cymene |
| 26 | trace | damascenone | |
| 27 | trace | 2,3- | dihydro-1,8-cineole |
| 29 | trace | (Z)- | epoxyocimene |
| 3 | trace | alpha- | fenchene |
| 10 | 0.1 | limonene | |
| 18 | trace | linalool | |
| 30 | 0.1 | linalool oxide | |
| 7 | trace | myrcene | |
| 44 | 0.1 | myrtenal | |
| 38 | 0.1 | myrtenol | |
| 51 | trace | (E)- | nerolidol |
| 37 | trace | nojiku alcohol | |
| 8 | trace | alpha- | phellandrene |
| 1 | 0.3 | alpha- | pinene |
| 5 | 0.7 | beta- | pinene |
| 22 | trace | iso | pinocamphone |
| 33 | trace | pinocarveol | |
| 23 | 0.2 | pinocarvone | |
| 6 | 1.6 | sabinene | |
| 14 | 0.2 | (E)- | sabinene hydrate |
| 43 | 1.6 | sabinyl acetate | |
| 49 | 0.6 | gamma- | selinene |
| 53 | 0.1 | spathulenol | |
| 32 | 1.3 | terpinen-4-ol | |
| 9 | 0.3 | alpha- | terpinene |
| 11 | 0.6 | gamma- | terpinene |
| 35 | trace | alpha- | terpineol |
| 13 | 0.1 | terpinolene | |
| 16 | 0.4 | (Z)- | thuj-2-en-4-ol |
| 2 | 0.3 | alpha- | thujene |
| 19 | 67.5 | alpha- | thujone |
| 20 | 18.2 | beta- | thujone |
| 34 | trace | (E)- | verbenol |
| 24 | trace | verbenone | |
| 15 | trace | yomogi alcohol | |
M. Mucciarelli, R. Caramiello, M. Maffei and F. Chialva, Essential oils from some Artemisia species growing spontaneously in Northwest Italy. Flav. Fragr. J., 10, 25-32 (1995). P&F 23, No. 1, 39, (1998) | |||
| wormwood oil america | |||
| In 1993, Tucker et al. analyzed a commercial sample of wormwood oil by GC and GC/MS. The oil was found to possess the following composition: | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
| 20 | 1.44 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 30 | 0.11 | chamazulene | |
| 10 | 0.62 | 1,8- | cineole |
| 12 | 0.28 | para- | cymene |
| 17 | 0.85 | (Z)- | epoxyocimene |
| 3 | 0.18 | alpha- | fenchene |
| 29 | 0.14 | geraniol | |
| 28 | 2.08 | geranyl propionate | |
| 24 | 1.72 | germacrene D | |
| 14 | 0.39 | (Z)-3- | hexen-1-ol |
| 22 | 0.71 | lavandulol | |
| 19 | 1.81 | lavandulyl acetate | |
| 9 | 0.21 | limonene | |
| 18 | 1.74 | linalool | |
| 1 | 0.24 | (Z)-2- | methyl-3-methylene-hept-5-ene |
| 6 | 1.32 | myrcene | |
| 27 | 0.37 | nerol | |
| 26 | 1.44 | neryl isobutyrate | |
| 7 | 0.35 | alpha- | phellandrene |
| 2 | 0.69 | alpha- | pinene |
| 4 | 0.19 | beta- | pinene |
| 5 | 2.91 | sabinene | |
| 25 | 0.97 | beta- | sabinene |
| 23 | 2.70 | (Z)- | sabinol |
| 21 | 32.75 | (Z)- | sabinyl acetate |
| 8 | 0.16 | alpha- | terpinene |
| 11 | 0.41 | gamma- | terpinene |
| 13 | 0.05 | terpinolene | |
| 15 | 3.42 | alpha- | thujone |
| 16 | 33.11 | beta- | thujone |
O. Tucker, M. J. Maciarello and G. Sturtz, The essential oils of Artemisia "Powis Castle" and its putative parents A. absinthum and A. arborescens. J. Essent. Oil Res., 5, 239-242 (1993). P&F 23, No. 1, 39, (1998) | |||