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Abstract
Artemisia stelleriana Bess. (Asteraceae), commonly known as ‘dusty miller’ or ‘beach wormwood’, is a perennial shrub that is used traditionally as a carminative and in the treatment of peptic ulcer. In this study, the essential oil composition of fresh aerial parts of A. stelleriana from India was analyzed using gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Altogether, fifty-two constituents, forming 92.3% of the total oil compositions were identified, representing 49.5% of monoterpenoids and 42.8% of sesquiterpenoids. 1,8-Cineole (29.5%), germacrene D (5.6%), vulgarone B (3.1%), davanone B (3.0%), artedouglasia oxides (22.5%) viz., artedouglasia oxide A (8.0%), artedouglasia oxide C (5.5%), artedouglasia oxide D (5.0%) and artedouglasia oxide B (4.0%) were identified as the major constituents of the essential oil. This is the first report on essential oil composition of A. stelleriana from India.
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India for financial support(BSC0203). Authors are thankful to the Director, CSIR-CIMAP for encouragement, and to Central Chemical Facility (CSIR-CIMAP) for chromatographic analysis.