Affiliation: | a Laboratoire Dynamique et Ressources du Végétal, E.A. 2202-Biodiversité—Université de Provence, UFR DENTES et SVTE, case 17, 3 place Victor Hugo, F-13331, Marseilles cedex 3, France b Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, CNRS URA 1193, 8 rue Ecole Normale, F-34296, Montpellier, France |
Abstract: | The chemical variations of the essential oil from the aerial parts of Artemisia campestris var. glutinosa have been studied. Plant material has been harvested at each phenological status (vegetative, before anthesis, full flowering and seed-bearing). Analysis by GC and GC/MS of the essential oils have allowed to identify 51 components. The main components were γ-terpinene, capillene, 1-phenyl-2,4-pentadiyne, spathulenol, methyleugenol, p-cymene and β-pinene. Aromatic polyacetylens have been characterized for the first time in this species. Flowering involves an increase of these compounds in the essential oil. |