artemisia absinthium herb oil italy
References
Mucciarelli et al. (1995) performed GC/MS analysis on oils obtained from a number of Artemisia species growing in northwest Italy. In this study, they determined that an oil of A. absinthum contained:
In 1993, Tucker et al. analyzed a commercial sample of wormwood oil by GC and GC/MS. The oil was found to possess the following composition:
Top 20 Components
All Components (89)
| # | Component | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | artemisyl alcohol | trace | |
| 46 | artemisyl ketone | trace | |
| 31 | ascaridole | trace | |
| 55 | (E)-alpha-bergamotol | trace | |
| 54 | alpha-bisabolol | trace | |
| 58 | bisabolol oxide | trace | |
| 36 | borneol | trace | |
| 42 | bornyl acetate | trace | |
| 56 | alpha-cadinol | trace | |
| 4 | camphene | trace | |
| 47 | camphenilone | trace | |
| 21 | camphor | 0.400% | |
| 59 | carvacrol | 0.300% | |
| 39 | trans-carveol | trace | |
| 25 | carvone | trace | |
| 50 | beta-caryophyllene | 0.500% | |
| 57 | caryophyllene oxide | 0.400% | |
| 41 | (E)-chrysanthenyl acetate | trace | |
| 40 | (Z)-chrysanthenyl acetate | trace | |
| 28 | 1,8-cineole | 2.000% | |
| 48 | alpha-copaene | 0.200% | |
| 52 | epi-cubenol | trace | |
| 45 | cuminaldehyde | 0.200% | |
| 12 | para-cymene | 1.000% | |
| 26 | damascenone | trace | |
| 27 | 2,3-dihydro-1,8-cineole | trace | |
| 29 | (Z)-epoxyocimene | trace | |
| 3 | alpha-fenchene | trace | |
| 10 | limonene | 0.100% | |
| 18 | linalool | trace | |
| 30 | linalool oxide | 0.100% | |
| 7 | myrcene | trace | |
| 44 | myrtenal | 0.100% | |
| 38 | myrtenol | 0.100% | |
| 51 | (E)-nerolidol | trace | |
| 37 | nojiku alcohol | trace | |
| 8 | alpha-phellandrene | trace | |
| 1 | alpha-pinene | 0.300% | |
| 5 | beta-pinene | 0.700% | |
| 22 | isopinocamphone | trace | |
| 33 | pinocarveol | trace | |
| 23 | pinocarvone | 0.200% | |
| 6 | sabinene | 1.600% | |
| 14 | (E)-sabinene hydrate | 0.200% | |
| 43 | sabinyl acetate | 1.600% | |
| 49 | gamma-selinene | 0.600% | |
| 53 | spathulenol | 0.100% | |
| 32 | terpinen-4-ol | 1.300% | |
| 9 | alpha-terpinene | 0.300% | |
| 11 | gamma-terpinene | 0.600% | |
| 35 | alpha-terpineol | trace | |
| 13 | terpinolene | 0.100% | |
| 16 | (Z)-thuj-2-en-4-ol | 0.400% | |
| 2 | alpha-thujene | 0.300% | |
| 19 | alpha-thujone | 67.500% | |
| 20 | beta-thujone | 18.200% | |
| 34 | (E)-verbenol | trace | |
| 24 | verbenone | trace | |
| 15 | yomogi alcohol | trace | |
| 20 | beta-caryophyllene | 1.440% | |
| 30 | chamazulene | 0.110% | |
| 10 | 1,8-cineole | 0.620% | |
| 12 | para-cymene | 0.280% | |
| 17 | (Z)-epoxyocimene | 0.850% | |
| 3 | alpha-fenchene | 0.180% | |
| 29 | geraniol | 0.140% | |
| 28 | geranyl propionate | 2.080% | |
| 24 | germacrene D | 1.720% | |
| 14 | (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol | 0.390% | |
| 22 | lavandulol | 0.710% | |
| 19 | lavandulyl acetate | 1.810% | |
| 9 | limonene | 0.210% | |
| 18 | linalool | 1.740% | |
| 1 | (Z)-2-methyl-3-methylene-hept-5-ene | 0.240% | |
| 6 | myrcene | 1.320% | |
| 27 | nerol | 0.370% | |
| 26 | neryl isobutyrate | 1.440% | |
| 7 | alpha-phellandrene | 0.350% | |
| 2 | alpha-pinene | 0.690% | |
| 4 | beta-pinene | 0.190% | |
| 5 | sabinene | 2.910% | |
| 25 | beta-sabinene | 0.970% | |
| 23 | (Z)-sabinol | 2.700% | |
| 21 | (Z)-sabinyl acetate | 32.750% | |
| 8 | alpha-terpinene | 0.160% | |
| 11 | gamma-terpinene | 0.410% | |
| 13 | terpinolene | 0.050% | |
| 15 | alpha-thujone | 3.420% | |
| 16 | beta-thujone | 33.110% |