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Essential oils of petal, leaf and stem of the antimalarial plant Artemisia annua

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The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from petals, leaves and stems of the flowering stage of plants of Artemisia annua cultivar Jwarharti was analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS); 86, 77, and 63 compounds were identified in the leaf, petal, and stem oils, respectively. Large compositional differences were detected between the three oils. The petal and leaf oils were rich in monoterpenes. The stem oil was rich in sesquiterpenes. Camphor, present in the leaf oil, was absent from petal oil.

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Grateful thanks are due to the directors of the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, for extending their analytical facilities, and of the National Center for Plant Genome Research for other facilities.

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  1. National Center for Plant Genome Research (NCPGR), Post Box 10531, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India

    Divya Goel, Gopal Rao Mallavarupu & Sushil Kumar

  2. Ram-Eesh Institute of Vocational and Technical Education, 3, Knowledge Park-1, Kasna Road, District Gautam Budh Nagar, Greater Noida, 201308, India

    Divya Goel & Vijender Singh

  3. Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, 110062, India

    Mohammed Ali

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Goel, D., Singh, V., Ali, M. et al. Essential oils of petal, leaf and stem of the antimalarial plant Artemisia annua . J Nat Med 61, 187–191 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-006-0112-9

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