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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 598-603Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1207071
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Chemical diversity; Artemisia L; Saudi Arabia; spathulenol; butanoic acid; acenaphthene; antibacterial activities
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Four species of the genus Artemisia L. (Artemisia monosperma, Artemisia scoparia, Artemisia judaica and Artemisia sieberi) growing in the northern region of Saudi Arabia were investigated with respect to their volatile oil contents. The yield of oil varied between 0.30 and 0.41%, % (w/w). A. monosperma showed the highest number of compounds with 30 components representing 93.78% of oil composition. However, A. judaica showed the lowest number of compounds with only 16 components representing 87.47% of essential oil. A. scoparia and A. sieberi are both composed of 17 components, representing 97.14 and 94.2% of total oil composition. A. sieberi and A. judaica were dominated by spathulenol (30.42 and 28.41%, respectively). For A. monosperma, butanoic acid (17.87%) was a major component. However, A. scoparia was a chemotype of acenaphthene. (83.23%). Essential oil of studied species showed high antibacterial activities against common human pathogens. [GRAPHICS] .
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