Chemical composition of essential oils from Artemisia vulgaris L
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Saunoriūtė, Sandra | Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas |
Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas | |
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2020-10-16 |
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ISBN 978-9955-9568-6-0.
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Introduction During the past years, a number of studies have been carried out concerning the application of biologically active compounds from Artemisia L. genus. A lot of species of Artemisia L. are mentioned in folk and modern medicine, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry [1]. The special attention for this genus received to content of artemisinin, which used against malaria [2]. The object of investigation was Artemisia vulgaris L. - a perennial, medicinal, spice plant of Asteraceae (Bercht. & J. Presl) family. As different studies show, extracts from A. vulgaris exibit antimicrobial, anti-parasitical and insecticidal properties [3]. The aim of our study was to determine the qualitative and quantitative composition of the essential oils obtained from A. vulgaris raw material during different vegetation stages. Materials and Methods Artemisia vulgaris L. raw material were colected during different vegetation stages in the Spice - Melliferous Plants Collection ex situ of the Botanical Garden at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in 2018. Five stages have been separated: growth and leaf production, flower bud development, the beginning of flowering, massive flowering and the end of flowering. The essential oils from dried raw material of A. vulgaris were extracted by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC/MS. Results and discussion A total of 38 different compounds were found in A. vulgaris essential oils. The highest content and diversity of compounds have been obtained from A. vulgaris essential oil during the flower bud development stage. We detected twenty-eight constituents of essential oil, representing 66.6% of identified compounds. The principal compounds were found to be isogermacrene D (28.38%), aromandendrene (12.43%), trans-sabinyl acetate (5.26%). As results show, isogermacrene D has been found as the first principal component in all vegetation stages (26.12-48.10%).[...].