Essential Oil of the Root of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schulz. Bip. (Asteraceae) from Iran

authors:

avatar Faraz Mojab 1 , 2 , * , avatar Sayyed Abbas Tabatabai 1 , 2 , avatar Hasanali Naghdi-Badi 3 , avatar Bahman Nickavar 1 , 2 , avatar Fahima Ghadyani 1

Pharmacutical Sciences Research Center, Shaheed Beheshty Medical University, Tehran, Iran
School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshty Medical University, Tehran, Iran
Institute of Medicinal Plants, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research: Vol.6, issue 4; 291-293
published online: November 20, 2010
article type: Rapid Communication
received: September 21, 2006
accepted: April 21, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.735

how to cite: Mojab F, Tabatabai S A, Naghdi-Badi H, Nickavar B, Ghadyani F. Essential Oil of the Root of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schulz. Bip. (Asteraceae) from Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 2007;6(4):e128346. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.735.

Abstract

The roots and rhizomes of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schulz. Bip. (Asteraceae), have been used in Iranian traditional medicine under the name of Aqhovan, as digestive and stomachic tonic. Composition of the essential oil, which was obtained from the root of T. parthenium collected from Karaj, was determined by gas chromatography, combined GC/MS and GC/IR. In total, 20 components (92% of essential oil) were identified. Major constituents were camphor (30.2%), (Z)- chrysanthenyl acetate (26.5%), α-farnesene (11.1%) and spathulenol (8.2%).