%0 Journal Article %J Pharmacognosy Research %D 2014 %T Constituents of Artemisia indica Willd. from Uttarakhand Himalaya: A source of Davanone %A S. Zafar Haider %A Manindra Mohan %A Harish Chandra Andola %K Artemisia indica %K Davanone %K Essential oil %K GC-MS %K Himalaya %X

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.

%B Pharmacognosy Research %V 6 %P 257-259 %8 May,2014 %G eng %N 3 %9 Original Article %& 257 %R 10.4103/0974-8490.132607