Composition of the Essential Oils of Anthemis Hyalina DC., Achillea Nobilis L. and Cichorium intybus L. Three Asteraceae Herbs Growing Wild in Iran

Water-distilled essential oils from the aerial parts of Anthemis hyalina DC (syn. A crassipes Boiss.), Achillea nobilis. L. and Cichorium intybus L. were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Twenty-four components of the oil of Anthemis hyalina were characterized, representing 98.1% of the, total components detected. The major constituents were identified as carvacrol (38.4 %) and alpha-pinene (30.9 %). The oil of Achillea nobilis was characterized by higher amounts of artemisia ketone (46.7 %), among the thirty components comprising 95.4 % of the total oil detected. Hexadecanoic acid (32.9 %), nonadecane (26.1%) and trans-alpha-bergamotene (14.0 %) were the main components among the fourteen constituents characterized in the oil of Cichorium intybus representing 100 % of the total components detected.