Author/Authors :
HekmatSorush, Iesa pharmaceutical science branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , Milani Kalkhorani, Nasim Department of chemistry - Faculty of science - Islamic Azad University south Tehran branch, Tehran ,Iran , Rezaee, Mohammad Bagher Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran , HeroAbadi, Fateme pharmaceutical science branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , Hamisi, Morteza Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Tanacetum parthenium L. known as feverfew is a medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens. It has
been used in folk medicine for reducing fever. Feverfew is a member of the daisy family; it is used primarily to
prevent migraine headaches and to treat rheumatoid arthritis.It hasa colorless essential oil that contains one or
more of the sesquiterpene lactones as active principle. Tanasetum parthenium cultivated in Iran, were extracted
with hydro-distillation and steam distillation and their chemical essential oils composition were investigated by
GC/MS. Major components obtained in hydro-distilled method were camphor (36.2%), isoborneol (20.3%),
bornyl acetate (14.3%), champhene (8.1%),p-cymene(5.1%) and in steam distilled method were camphor
(20.9%), bornyl acetate (14.24%), isobornyl isovalerate (7.1%), bornyl 2-methylbutyrate (5.9%),p-allylanisole
(6.3%). The yield of essential oil with hydro-distillation was 0.05% and for steam distillation were 0.12%.
Keywords :
Steam distillation , Hydro-distillation , Tanacetum parthenium L , Essential oils
