01930nas a2200217 4500008004100000245009200041210006900133260001300202300001200215490000600227520127000233653002101503653001301524653001801537653001001555653001301565100001801578700002001596700002801616856006801644 2014 eng d00aConstituents of Artemisia indica Willd. from Uttarakhand Himalaya: A source of Davanone0 aConstituents of Artemisia indica Willd from Uttarakhand Himalaya cMay,2014 a257-2590 v63 a

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.

10aArtemisia indica10aDavanone10aEssential oil10aGC-MS10aHimalaya1 aHaider, Zafar1 aMohan, Manindra1 aAndola, Harish, Chandra uhttps://www.phcogres.com/article/2014/6/3/1041030974-8490132607