Artemisia arborescens L.: essential oil composition and effects of plant growth stage in some genotypes from Sicily

作者：Militello Marcello; Carrubba Alessandra^*; Amparo Blazquez Maria

来源：Journal of Essential Oil Research, 2012, 24(3): 229-235.

DOI：10.1080/10412905.2012.676764

• Artemisia arborescens L
• essential oil
• phenological stage
• chamazulene
• beta-thujone
• camphor
• germacrene D

Essential oils from aerial parts of several Artemisia arborescens L. populations, collected in five different localities of Sicily, were analyzed by gas chromatograph-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in order to study the chemical composition and its variability due to phenological stage. Forty-three compounds, accounting for more than 92% of the oil, were identified. Monoterpene fraction with the exception of Petru population was higher than the sesquiterpene fraction. beta-Thujone (20.5-55.9%), chamazulene (15.2-49.4%), camphor (1.3-10.7%) and germacrene D (2.3-3.4%) were the main compounds. Chemical composition was influenced by phenological stage, with an increase in the monoterpene fraction at flowering stage; both in flowering and vegetative stages, the main compounds were always the oxygenated monoterpene beta-thujone and the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon chamazulene.

• 出版日期2012