Records of Natural Products

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from Artemisia arborescens L. Growing Wild in Algeria

Azedine Abderrahim Kamel Belhamel, Jean-Claude Chalchat and Gilles Figuérédo

Laboratoire des Matériaux Organiques, Département de Génie des Procédés,
Université A. Mira de Bejaïa, Targa Ouzemour, 06000 Bejaïa, Algérie.
Laboratoire de Chimie des Huiles Essentielles, Université Blaise-Pascal de Clermont,
Campus des Cézeaux, 63177 Aubière cedex, France
Laboratoire d’Analyse des Extraits Végétaux et des Arômes (LEXVA Analytique)
460 rue du Montant, 63110 Beaumont, France

Abstract: Essential oil extracted from dried aerial part of Artemisia arborescens L. collected from Bejaïa (Algeria), was analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main constituents of the essential oil were chamazulene (30.2%), β-thujone (27.8%), β-eudesmol (8.1%) and catalponol (5.5%).

Keywords:Artemisia arborescens L.; essential oil; GC-FID; GC-MS; chamazulene; β-thujone.