ISHS Acta Horticulturae 330: WOCMAP I - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference: part 4 of 4
VARIABILITY OF CHAMAZULENE WITHIN ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM |
| Authors: | A. Bélanger, L. Dextraze |
| Abstract:
The essential oils isolated from twenty different plants of A. millefolium by steam distillation were analysed by GC and Kovat's Indices. The main components found in the oils were chamazulene(65–1%), germacrene D(55–5%),  -thujone(33,6–0%),  -thujone(21,3–0%), -phellandrene(18–0%), sabinene(17–0,3%), myrcene(14,7–0,4%), -pinene(9,5–0,2%), -carryophylene(8,5–0,6%), camphor(7,1–0,2%), 1,8-cineole(5,6–0,3%) para-cymene(4,9–0,2%), bornyl acetate(4,3–0,1%), camphene(3,2–0,1%), limonene(2,9–0,1%) and  -terpinene(2,8–0,2%). Significant qualitative and quantitative variations were also found in the total content of monoterpenes (1,2–57,2%) and sesquiterpenes (39,9–98,8%).
A single plant of Achillea millefolium which produced the highest content of chamazulene was propagated by rhizome for further production of oils rich in blue pigment. | |
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