| wormwood oil america | |||
| 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: | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1.44 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 30 | 0.11 | chamazulene | |
| 10 | 0.62 | 1,8- | cineole |
| 12 | 0.28 | para- | cymene |
| 17 | 0.85 | (Z)- | epoxyocimene |
| 3 | 0.18 | alpha- | fenchene |
| 29 | 0.14 | geraniol | |
| 28 | 2.08 | geranyl propionate | |
| 24 | 1.72 | germacrene D | |
| 14 | 0.39 | (Z)-3- | hexen-1-ol |
| 22 | 0.71 | lavandulol | |
| 19 | 1.81 | lavandulyl acetate | |
| 9 | 0.21 | limonene | |
| 18 | 1.74 | linalool | |
| 1 | 0.24 | (Z)-2- | methyl-3-methylene-hept-5-ene |
| 6 | 1.32 | myrcene | |
| 27 | 0.37 | nerol | |
| 26 | 1.44 | neryl isobutyrate | |
| 7 | 0.35 | alpha- | phellandrene |
| 2 | 0.69 | alpha- | pinene |
| 4 | 0.19 | beta- | pinene |
| 5 | 2.91 | sabinene | |
| 25 | 0.97 | beta- | sabinene |
| 23 | 2.70 | (Z)- | sabinol |
| 21 | 32.75 | (Z)- | sabinyl acetate |
| 8 | 0.16 | alpha- | terpinene |
| 11 | 0.41 | gamma- | terpinene |
| 13 | 0.05 | terpinolene | |
| 15 | 3.42 | alpha- | thujone |
| 16 | 33.11 | beta- | thujone |
O. Tucker, M. J. Maciarello and G. Sturtz, The essential oils of Artemisia "Powis Castle" and its putative parents A. absinthum and A. arborescens. J. Essent. Oil Res., 5, 239-242 (1993). P&F 23, No. 1, 39, (1998) | |||