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Table 2 Principal chemical classes (%) in the Artemisia annua and Artemisia dracunculus essential oils used in the assays

From: Artemisia spp. essential oils against the disease-carrying blowfly Calliphora vomitoria

Chemical classes

A. annua

A. dracunculus

Monoterpene hydrocarbons

15.0

24.3

Oxygenated monoterpenes

75.4

1.9

Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons

5.6

0.2

Oxygenated sesquiterpenes

0.3

0.0

Phenylpropanoids

0.0

73.5

Non-terpene derivatives

0.4

0.0

Total identified

96.7

99.9