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Ruchi Badoni Deepak Kumar Semwal Usha Rawat

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The present study was aimed to find out the chemical constituents of essential oils of Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp. and Artemisia capillaris Thunb. of Asteraceae family, growing in Garhwal region of India. The essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillation and subjected to detailed GC-MS analysis in order to determine the variation in their volatile constituents. While comparing the common constituents in both of the species, the remarkable variation was observed and it was 6.03, 3.251, 2.093, 33.73, 7.573, 15.041 and 8.00% for trans-caryophyllene, DL-limonene, ?-pinene, ?-thujone, ?-myrcene, ?-ocimene and ?-thujone, respectively.

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Artemisia nilagirica, Artemisia capillaris, Asteraceae, Essential oils, ?-Ocimene, DL-Limonene

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Composition variation in essential oils of Artemisia nilagirica and Artemisia capillaris, growing in India. (2010). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2(1), 30-33. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v2i1.90