@article {794, title = {Constituents of Artemisia indica Willd. from Uttarakhand Himalaya: A source of Davanone}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Research}, volume = {6}, year = {2014}, month = {May,2014}, pages = {257-259}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {257}, abstract = {

Background: The genus Artemisia is important due to its medicinal properties as well as vital aroma compounds of commercial value. Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the potential of the essential oil of Artemisia indica wildly growing in Uttarakhand. Materials and Methods: The aerial parts of Artemisia indica Willd. (Asteraceae), collected from wild growing habitat of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand (north of India) at full flowering stage were hydro-distilled and gave pale yellow oil with the yield of 0.8\% (v/w). The obtained essential oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS and identified 32 components, amounting 95.42\% of the oil. Results: Among detected compounds, the principal component was found to be davanone (30.80\%), followed by β-pinene (15.30\%) and germacrene-D (5.82\%). Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on A. indica from Himalayan region of India, which detected davanone as major component. The species, collected from a specific location, can be explored for isolation of davanone for its industrial utilization and as alternate source of Artemisia pallens, which have already established commercial value.

}, keywords = {Artemisia indica, Davanone, Essential oil, GC-MS, Himalaya}, doi = { 10.4103/0974-8490.132607}, author = {S. Zafar Haider and Manindra Mohan and Harish Chandra Andola} }