Composition of Essential Oil of Artemisia persica Boiss. from Iran

authors:

avatar Omid Sadeghpour 1 , * , avatar Gholamreza Asghari 2 , avatar Mohammad Reza Shams Ardekani 3

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.3, issue 1; 65-67
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Rapid Communication
received: November 01, 2003
accepted: December 01, 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.300

how to cite: Sadeghpour O, Asghari G, Shams Ardekani M R. Composition of Essential Oil of Artemisia persica Boiss. from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2004;3(1):e127986. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.300.

Abstract

The steam-distilled essential oil from Artemisia persica growing wild in Iran was analyzed by GC/MS. In all 50 compounds were identified; Davanone (60.56%), Cis Chrysanthenyl acetate (8.65%), Limonene (5.68%), α Pinene (3.74%), Davanone ether isomer + (3.6%) and α Thujene (3.6%) were the main components of the oil respectively.