Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran
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- 1Department of Applied Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O.Box 37185/364, Qom, Iran.
- 2Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
- 3Iran Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran.
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Masoud Kazemi
Department of Applied Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O.Box 37185/364, Qom, Iran
Received: 20-02-2009; Accepted: 09-04-2009.
Volume 1, Issue 3 · pp. 120-124 · 2009 · DOI:
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The oil obtained from hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Artemisia tschernieviana was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents of the 30 identified components were p-cymene (21.3%), β-pinene (17.8%), α-pinene (9.4%), γ-terpinene (9.1%), (Z)-cis-ocimene (8.8%), and α-cadinol (8.1%). This species is rich in monoterpenes. Antimicrobial activity was determined against six bacterial strains and one fungal strain. The results show that this oil is active against all the tested strains.
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Kazemi, M., Dakhili, M., Rustaiyan, A., Larijani, K., Ahmadi, M. A., & Mozaffarian, V. (2009). Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran. Pharmacognosy Research, 1(3), 120-124.
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