El Beyrouthy, Marc Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) - Faculty of Sciences and Computer Engineering, Lebanon , Arnold-Apostolides, Nelly Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) - Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Lebanon , Labaki, Madonna Lebanese University - Faculty of Sciences, Lebanon , Cazier, Fabrice Centre Commun de Mesures MREI, France , Najm, Samir Lebanese University - Faculty of Sciences, Lebanon , Aboukaïs, Antoine MREI - Laboratoire de Catalyse et Environnement, EA2598, France

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF THE ARTEMISIA ARBORESCENS L. GROWING WILD IN LEBANON

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The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from air dried aerial parts of Artemisia arborescens L. from Lebanon was analyzed by GC/MS. Forty three compounds representing 95.33% of the oil sample were identified. The major component was β-thujone (68.5%), followed by chamazulene (12.3%), and some lesser amounts of terpinen-4-ol (1.8%), myrcene (1.3%), α-thujone (1.2%), linalool (1%), cis-thuyanol-4-ol (1%), carvacrol (0.9%), β-cubebene (0.8%) and camphor (0.8%).

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Artemisia arborescens L. , essential oil , Asteraceae , β , thujone , chamazulene

Lebanese Science Journal

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