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VARIABILITY OF CHAMAZULENE WITHIN ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM
Article number
330_16
Pages
141 – 146
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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%).
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.
Authors
A. Bélanger, L. Dextraze
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