STUDIES ON CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THE FRESH FLOWER OF ARTEMISIA ANNUA L.

The fresh flower of Artemisia annua L.from Hubei possess strong and characteristic fragrance.Forty seven compounds from the essential oil were identified by GCand GC/MS/DS.The constituents identified is 99.08% of the content in essential oil.The main constituent are artemisia ketone(41.86%),1,8-cineole(19.10%),camphor(9.73%),β-pinene(2.93%),caryophyllene(2.43%),camphene(3.47%),trans-2-methyl-6-methyllene 3,7-octadien-2-ol,(1.91%),sabinene(1.87%),isoborneole(1.54%).