چكيده لاتين :
The essential oils of the aerial parts of three different Artemisia species (A.
scoparia, A. diffusa, A. turanica) growing wildly in the northeast of Iran were
analyzed by GC-MS. Twenty-two, twenty-six, and thirteen components were
identified in the essential oils of these plants, respectivey. The major constituents
of the oil of A. scoparia were â-pinene (16.1%), carvacrol (13.8%), limonene (8.8%),
cis-ocimene (8.4%), methyl eugenol (7.6%) and trans-ocimene (7.2%). Camphor
(25.5%), 1,8-cineol (25.0%), â-thujone (22.0%), and ل-thujone (6.0%) were the
major components identified in the volatile oil of A. diffusa. The main identified
compounds in the volatile oil of A. turanica were 1,8-cineol (40.9%), cis-verbenyl
acetate (19.0%) and camphor (11.0%). The identified components and their
percentages in the essential oil of three different Artimisia species in this study were
quite different. Since the chemical composition of the oil depends on various
environmental conditions, therefore, these differences can be expected.
