Characterization of the Essential Oil of Artemisia annua L.
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A germplasm collection of Artemisia annua L. consisting of 13 accessions was field grown. The essential oil, which was obtained from dry leaves and flowers by hydrodistillation was analyzed by GC and GC/MS for essential oil composition. The oil content of leaves ranged from 0.84% to 1.51% (volume/dry weight) with individual plants as high as 2.35%. Thirty-two constituents were identified in the oil of the leaves and flowers, and the greatest concentration of oil was found in fully mature leaves (47% total oil/plant), the middle third portion of the foliage. The major components of the oil include: artemisia ketone (35.6%) and 1,8-cineole (28.1%) in the leaves of early summer harvested plants, artemisia ketone (26.8%) and camphor (20.5%) in leaves of fall harvested plants, and artemisia ketone (56%) and camphor (10.5%) in flowers of fall harvested plants. Certain accessions which were rich in specific constituents (as % of essential oil) were identified, e.g., artemisia ketone (68.5%), camphor (27.5%), 1,8-cineole (22.8%), α-pinene (16.0%) and camphene hydrate (12%). Plants within accessions also varied in essential oil composition.
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Artemisia ketone can account for up to 50% of the total essential oil in some varieties of A. annua.
“which is the major constituent of the essential oil in some varieties of A. annua [29,37,42,73], and can account for up to 50% of the total [22,25,33,43,45,53].”
From The Biosynthesis of Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) and the Phytochemistry of Artemisia annua L. (Qinghao) (2010) · cites this paper as [53]
1,8-Cineole accounts for as much as 10-30% of the essential oil of A. annua.
“accounting for as much as 10-30% of the essential oil [25,28,33,34,41,53]”
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- Authors
- Charles, D. J., Cebert, E., & Simon, J. E.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- ORCID
- Cebert, Ernst
- Venue
- Journal of Essential Oil Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1991-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33-39
- ISSN
- 1041-2905 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-8152
- OpenAlex
- W2015456061
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 12
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- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 4.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Essential Oil Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant chemical constituents analysis
- Keywords
- Artemisia annua, essential oil composition, germplasm accession, artemisia ketone, 1,8-cineole, camphor, intraspecific variation
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