Table 1 Chemical composition (%) of the Artemisia annua and Artemisia dracunculus essential oils used in the assays

Santolina triene

911

0.6

nd

Tricyclene

928

0.1

nd

α-pinene

941

5.7

2.6

Camphene

955

2.4

0.4

Sabinene

978

1.8

nd

β-pinene

981

1.1

3.4

Myrcene

993

2.8

0.3

Yomogi alcohol

999

1.4

nd

Pseudolimonene

1004

nd

0.3

δ-3-carene

1013

nd

0.3

α-terpinene

1020

0.3

0.8

p-cymene

1028

0.2

0.4

Limonene

1032

nd

5.4

1,8-cineole

1042

18.8

3.0

(Z)-β-ocimene

1043

nd

3.0

(E)-β-ocimene

1052

nd

5.3

γ-terpinene

1062

nd

0.4

Artemisia ketone

1063

22.1

0.4

cis-sabinene hydrate

1070

0.3

nd

Artemisia alcohol

1085

5.9

nd

Isoterpinolene

1088

nd

0.3

Terpinolene

1090

nd

1.3

cis-p-menth-2-en-1-ol

1123

0.2

nd

α-campholenal

1126

0.3

nd

allo-ocimene

1131

nd

0.2

trans-pinocarveol

1141

2.2

nd

neo-allo-ocimene

1144

nd

0.3

camphor

1145

16.9

nd

β-pinene oxide

1158

1.5

nd

Pinocarvone

1164

3.0

nd

δ-terpineol

1167

0.4

nd

4-terpineol

1179

1.2

nd

α-terpineol

1191

0.6

1.3

Myrtenol

1195

0.6

nd

Methyl chavicol

1197

nd

73.3

Hexyl 3-methylbutanoate

1244

0.2

nd

Isobornyl acetate

1287

nd

0.2

α-copaene

1377

0.2

nd

Benzyl isovalerate

1384

0.2

nd

Methyl eugenol

1403

nd

0.2

α-cedrene

1409

nd

0.1

β-caryophyllene

1419

1.8

0.1

(E)-β-farnesene

1459

0.1

nd

Germacrene D

1481

2.2

nd

β-selinene

1487

0.6

nd

Bicyclogermacrene

1495

0.5

nd

α-bulnesene

1507

0.2

nd

Caryophyllene oxide

1582

0.3

nd

Total identified

96.7

99.9